ROME, July 3 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic is making a two-day official trip to the Vatican and Italy starting Tuesday. President Mesic should be received by Pope John Paul II around 11.30 a.m. on Tuesday and later hold
talks with the Holy See's state secretary, Angelo Sodano, addressing the new political situation in Croatia, as well as Zagreb's views on events in other Southeast European countries. After visiting the Vatican, the Croatian President goes to the Quirinale, the Italian President's palace, for talks and lunch with colleague Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Tuesday afternoon Mesic should give a lecture at Rome's LUIS University of Economics and Management. Italian businessmen will attend. In the evening, President Mesic will meet Croatian minority representatives from the Italian region of Molise, as well as Croats living and working in the Italian capital. On the second day i
ROME, July 3 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic is making a
two-day official trip to the Vatican and Italy starting Tuesday.
President Mesic should be received by Pope John Paul II around 11.30
a.m. on Tuesday and later hold talks with the Holy See's state
secretary, Angelo Sodano, addressing the new political situation
in Croatia, as well as Zagreb's views on events in other Southeast
European countries.
After visiting the Vatican, the Croatian President goes to the
Quirinale, the Italian President's palace, for talks and lunch with
colleague Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
Tuesday afternoon Mesic should give a lecture at Rome's LUIS
University of Economics and Management. Italian businessmen will
attend. In the evening, President Mesic will meet Croatian minority
representatives from the Italian region of Molise, as well as
Croats living and working in the Italian capital.
On the second day in Rome, President Mesic should hold separate
talks with Italian parliament speaker Nicola Mancini and House of
Representatives president Luciano Violante. Mesic should also meet
Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato and visit the Croatian papal
Institute of St. Jerome.
The Croatian President told Monday's issue of Italian daily La
Stampa Italian-Croatian economic relations were good and would
probably develop further once Croatia adopted European standards
in the economy and the protection of investments.
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