BELGRADE, Sept 10 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met in Belgrade on Wednesday afternoon the Acting President of Serbia and Parliament President, Natasa Micic, and Premier Zoran Zivkovic.
BELGRADE, Sept 10 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic met in
Belgrade on Wednesday afternoon the Acting President of Serbia and
Parliament President, Natasa Micic, and Premier Zoran Zivkovic.
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Micic told reporters after the meeting that the two countries would
support one another in efforts to draw closer to the European Union.
She said that the talks addressed human, property and refugee
rights, as well as the permanent cancellation of visa requirements
for Serbia and Montenegro's citizens.
Expressing satisfaction with the talks, Premier Zoran Zivkovic
said they showed that relations between the two countries would
continue to progress.
"Now that we have cancelled visa requirements for Croatian
citizens, we expect Croatia to cancel visa requirements as well,"
Zivkovic said, adding that they also discussed Croatia's lawsuit
against Serbia and Montenegro before the Hague-based International
Court of Justice and "agreed that this issue can be settled also in
the interest of Serbian and Montenegrin citizens".
Zivkovic said that Mesic had agreed to pay another visit to Belgrade
on 15 February 2004, to attend a celebration marking the 200th
anniversary of the modern Serbian state and the first Serbian
constitution.
President Mesic also met representatives of the Croatian minority
and non-government organisations working on refugee return.
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