SUBOTICA, June 19 (Hina) - Representatives of Croatia's Council for National Minorities on Thursday visited associations of the Croatian national minority in northern Serbia's province of Vojvodina.
SUBOTICA, June 19 (Hina) - Representatives of Croatia's Council for
National Minorities on Thursday visited associations of the
Croatian national minority in northern Serbia's province of
Vojvodina. #L#
"Our mission is to establish permanent contact with the Croatian
community in Vojvodina, also to make it present in Croatia," the
president of the Council, Alkesandar Tolnauer, said after talks in
Subotica with the head of the North Backa District.
Today's talks addressed the advancement of economic and cultural
cooperation between Croatia and Serbia, said Tolnauer.
Comparing the position of the Croatian minority in Serbia and that
of ethnic minorities in Croatia, he said big steps had been made in
Croatia with regard to minorities' rights, particularly with the
implementation of the constitutional law on ethnic minorities.
"We relayed our experiences to the hosts and in some way tried to
guide the local Croatian minority and state authorities in
Vojvodina and Serbia," said Tolnauer.
He suggested bringing Croatian companies to North Backa District as
soon as possible and establishing permanent economic ties between
Croatian and Serbian businessmen.
District head Dragan Rokvic was pleased with the talks, saying it
was important that ethnic Croatian institutions were being set up
in Vojvodina, such as the Croatian Academic Society or the Croatian
National Council.
Over their two days in Subotica, the Croatian delegation attended a
panel discussion on multicultural forms of cooperation in a
multinational environment, and was received at the Croatian
National Council.
Croatia set up its Council for National Minorities on April 16,
under the constitutional law on ethnic minorities.
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