ZAGREB, May 2 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula on Tuesday started his five-day tour during which he is to visit Norway, Sweden, and Lithuania in order to promote relations between Croatia and northern European
countries. The Croatian Minister will meet Norway's Premier Jens Stoltenberg and Foreign Minister Thorbjoern Jagland in Oslo on May 2 and 3. After Norway, the Croatian Foreign Minister is to visit Lithuania, where he is to hold talks with Foreign Minister Algirdas Saudargas, with whom he is to sign an agreement on avoiding dual taxes between Croatian and Lithuania. Picula is also to be received by Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus. On the last day of his tour, the Croatian Foreign Minister is to meet Swedish Deputy Premier Len Helm-Wallen and Foreign Minister Anna Lindh in Stockholm on May 5. He is to meet representatives of Croat organisations in Sweden. Picula told r
ZAGREB, May 2 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula on
Tuesday started his five-day tour during which he is to visit
Norway, Sweden, and Lithuania in order to promote relations between
Croatia and northern European countries.
The Croatian Minister will meet Norway's Premier Jens Stoltenberg
and Foreign Minister Thorbjoern Jagland in Oslo on May 2 and 3.
After Norway, the Croatian Foreign Minister is to visit Lithuania,
where he is to hold talks with Foreign Minister Algirdas Saudargas,
with whom he is to sign an agreement on avoiding dual taxes between
Croatian and Lithuania. Picula is also to be received by Lithuanian
President Valdas Adamkus.
On the last day of his tour, the Croatian Foreign Minister is to meet
Swedish Deputy Premier Len Helm-Wallen and Foreign Minister Anna
Lindh in Stockholm on May 5.
He is to meet representatives of Croat organisations in Sweden.
Picula told reporters last week he was to visit Norway and Sweden to
develop better relations between Croatia and the northern European
countries.
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