ZAGREB, May 31 (Hina) - The president of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), Ivo Sanader, on Saturday received Dieter Schmidt, international secretary of Germany's Christian-Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), for talks on HDZ-CSU
relations within the framework of a trilateral accord between the HDZ, the CSU, and Germany's Christian Democratic Union.
ZAGREB, May 31 (Hina) - The president of the Croatian Democratic
Union (HDZ), Ivo Sanader, on Saturday received Dieter Schmidt,
international secretary of Germany's Christian-Social Union of
Bavaria (CSU), for talks on HDZ-CSU relations within the framework
of a trilateral accord between the HDZ, the CSU, and Germany's
Christian Democratic Union. #L#
Schmidt extended full support to HDZ's policy and said he was
pleased the party was once again the leading political force in
Croatia, the HDZ Secretariat said in a press statement.
Sanader and Schmidt said Croatia's place was in the European Union.
The CSU will fully support Croatia in its NATO and EU accession,
read the statement.
Schmidt held a lecture on Croatia on the road to the EU for HDZ
members.
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