SARAJEVO ON TWO-DAY VISIT TO BOSNIA SARAJEVO, July 27 (Hina) - Croatia's Prime Minister Ivica Racan on Thursday morning arrived in Sarajevo on a two-day official visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina. This has been Racan's first official visit
to Sarajevo since he took office of Croatia's Premier six months ago. On this tour Racan is accompanied by Croatian Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Transport and Homeland War Veterans, Tonino Picula, Jozo Rados, Alojz Tusek and Ivica Pancic respectively. Upon their arrival, PM Racan and the Croatian ministers held talks with Bosnia-Herzegovina's Council of Ministers, headed by the Council's chairman, Spasoje Tusevljak. After that, they are expected to sign several bilateral agreements and protocols. Talks which the Croatian delegation is to conduct with Bosnian top officials on Thursday and Friday should tackle open issues in the relationship between the two neighbourly countries such as
SARAJEVO, July 27 (Hina) - Croatia's Prime Minister Ivica Racan on
Thursday morning arrived in Sarajevo on a two-day official visit to
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
This has been Racan's first official visit to Sarajevo since he took
office of Croatia's Premier six months ago.
On this tour Racan is accompanied by Croatian Ministers of Foreign
Affairs, Defence, Transport and Homeland War Veterans, Tonino
Picula, Jozo Rados, Alojz Tusek and Ivica Pancic respectively.
Upon their arrival, PM Racan and the Croatian ministers held talks
with Bosnia-Herzegovina's Council of Ministers, headed by the
Council's chairman, Spasoje Tusevljak.
After that, they are expected to sign several bilateral agreements
and protocols.
Talks which the Croatian delegation is to conduct with Bosnian top
officials on Thursday and Friday should tackle open issues in the
relationship between the two neighbourly countries such as the
border line near Hrvatska Kostajnica, border control in Neum,
liberalisation of trade, protection of Croatia's property in
Bosnia and the social and health insurance.
In addition, Croatian officials are expected to announce a decree
of their Government that Bosnia's nationals can enter Croatia on
production of only their identify cards during summer holidays.
On Thursday afternoon Croatia's PM is to give a lecture on a new
direction of Croatia's foreign policy and on the ties between
Zagreb and Sarajevo.
He will meet Bosnia's three-man Presidency and subsequently a
deputy international High Representative to Bosnia, Ralph
Johnson.
Racan's meeting with Sarajevo Archbishop, Cardinal Vinko Puljic,
is scheduled for the end of his tour to Sarajevo on Thursday
evening.
On Friday he will depart for Mostar.
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