"Slovenia and Croatia are two neighbouring countries which in the former Yugoslavia probably had the closest neighbourly and friendly relations," Sanader said, adding that he had the same opinion while he was an opposition leader and that Jansa shared his opinion.
"I am confident that we will share a common future in the united Europe of which Slovenia is already a member," Sanader said after the meeting.
He said that there were several outstanding issues between the two countries, which should not be underestimated, but which also could not overshadow the countries' good neighbourly and friendly relations.
The PM went on to say that he and Jansa agreed to organise a number of bilateral meetings after the new Slovene government was formed.
Sanader conveyed Jansa's position that Croatia had a future in the European Union and NATO and that Slovenia would support it on the road to the two blocs.
Asked to comment on the unrevised text of a coalition agreement between parties that will form Jansa's government, Sanader said that the agreement read, among other things, that the new coalition would advocate solving outstanding issues with Croatia through dialogue, which he said was good.
Asked whether the issue of the border would be resolved through dialogue, Sanader said that he and Jansa had spoken about dialogue and the future. He reiterated that in case the two sides failed to find a solution bilaterally, arbitration would not be a sign of their immaturity, but of maturity since other democratic countries too had solved outstanding issues through arbitration.
Jansa, who commented on his talks with Sanader at a separate news conference, stressed that some outstanding issues should not damage good bilateral relations.
The Slovene PM Designate said that Slovenia would help Croatia on its road towards the EU and NATO.
Asked by reporters whether Ljubljana would advocate that next month Croatia got a fixed date for the start of entry talks with the European bloc, Jansa gave a vague answer saying that Slovenia supported Croatia's admission, but that it was necessary to meet all conditions for EU entry.
Asked about the positions on the border from the agreement his party recently concluded with its coalition partners, Jansa said that those were already the known positions of various bodies.
Regarding arbitration as a possible solution to Croatian-Slovene issues, he said that he did not fear arbitration, contrary to some others in his country.
Asked about the issue of Ljubljanska bank's debt to its clients in Croatia, Jansa said his position was very similar as that of previous governments but declined to give any detailed answer.
"It is pointless to use the media for the solution of outstanding issues before the two sides start talking about them," Jansa said, announcing that the two governments would soon launch dialogue on the outstanding issues.