BUDAPEST, April 30 (Hina) - The participation in the summit attended by 11 presidents of the Central European countries was an important event in Croatia's overall attempt to come out of the international isolation, Croatian President
Stipe Mesic said in the Hungarian town of Tokol Saturday. As a part of his two day visit to Hungary, the Croatian President visited local Croats in Hungary. The summit was "an opportunity for presidents of European countries to be informed of political changes in Croatia, and at the same time to learn about Croatia's problems, experiences and opinions", President Mesic told reporters. He also stressed the summit was an opportunity for him to learn about practical solutions of foreign countries regarding political systems and constitutional and legal solutions which would come in handy during future changes in Croatia. During his stay in Tokol, Mesic met heads of state and lo
BUDAPEST, April 30 (Hina) - The participation in the summit
attended by 11 presidents of the Central European countries was an
important event in Croatia's overall attempt to come out of the
international isolation, Croatian President Stipe Mesic said in
the Hungarian town of Tokol Saturday.
As a part of his two day visit to Hungary, the Croatian President
visited local Croats in Hungary.
The summit was "an opportunity for presidents of European countries
to be informed of political changes in Croatia, and at the same time
to learn about Croatia's problems, experiences and opinions",
President Mesic told reporters.
He also stressed the summit was an opportunity for him to learn
about practical solutions of foreign countries regarding political
systems and constitutional and legal solutions which would come in
handy during future changes in Croatia.
During his stay in Tokol, Mesic met heads of state and local
Croatian self-governments in Hungary, as well as representatives
of the Tokol leadership.
The Croatian President informed them of the situation in Croatia.
According to the head of a local Croatian self-government, Zorica
Agatic, the number of Croats in Tokol is estimated to 2,000,
however, a relatively small number of Croats fluently speaks their
mother tongue. She added that apart from the language assimilation,
there was a problem of constant migration to Budapest.
President of the Croatian state self-government Mijo Karagic and
president of the Association of Croats in Hungary Joso Ostrogonac
informed President Mesic of the position of about 90,000 Croats in
Hungary as well as of problems heads of local minority self-
governments were facing in their every day work.
After attending Holly Mass in Croatian in a local Catholic church,
the Croatian delegation, headed by President Mesic departed for
Croatia.
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