ZAGREB, Nov 23 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula on Thursday held talks with his Yugoslav counterpart Goran Svilanovic on the margins of Friday's Zagreb Summit about open issues between the two countries, the Foreign
Ministry said. This was one in a line of Picula's talks ahead of the international conference. According to the Ministry statement, Svilanovic congratulated Picula on the organisation of the Zagreb Summit, to which Picula replies the Summit had been made possible by political changes in Croatia as of January 3, and everything the new government authority had done hitherto. This pertains primarily to the consistent policy towards the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague, a change in the policy towards Bosnia-Herzegovina and the non-discriminatory relations towards all its citizens. These changes have influenced Croatia's new position in international relations, which
ZAGREB, Nov 23 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula on
Thursday held talks with his Yugoslav counterpart Goran Svilanovic
on the margins of Friday's Zagreb Summit about open issues between
the two countries, the Foreign Ministry said.
This was one in a line of Picula's talks ahead of the international
conference.
According to the Ministry statement, Svilanovic congratulated
Picula on the organisation of the Zagreb Summit, to which Picula
replies the Summit had been made possible by political changes in
Croatia as of January 3, and everything the new government
authority had done hitherto.
This pertains primarily to the consistent policy towards the
international war crimes tribunal in The Hague, a change in the
policy towards Bosnia-Herzegovina and the non-discriminatory
relations towards all its citizens.
These changes have influenced Croatia's new position in
international relations, which is a guideline for other countries
of the region, he stressed.
The two foreign ministers tackled outstanding issues between
Croatia and Yugoslavia, succession, missing and imprisoned
persons, the return of refugees and displaced persons, the status
of the Croat minority in Yugoslavia, restitution of national
cultural treasure, the security issue of Croatia's southernmost
peninsula of Prevlaka and overall border problems.
Picula and Svilanovic agreed that their first meeting should follow
the meetings of experts focusing on all open issues so their talks
could yield concrete results, the statement said.
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