ZAGREB, Dec 7 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Thursday received Swiss Foreign Minister E. Joseph Deiss, with whom he discussed relations between Croatia and Switzerland and the situation in the region, the President's
Office said in a statement. Mesic informed his guest about a recent visit by a group of Swiss business people, members of the Windenmoos club, to the island of Brijuni. The two officials confirmed a wish for their countries to establish closer economic relations. Commenting on the situation in the region, Mesic and his guest welcomed the beginning of democratic changes in Yugoslavia, and Mesic warned about the need for cooperation to be established between Belgrade and the Hague tribunal, which Deiss supported, the statement said. Commenting on some media reports which gave a false account of his meeting with President Mesic in Switzerland, Deiss reiterated Sw
ZAGREB, Dec 7 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Thursday
received Swiss Foreign Minister E. Joseph Deiss, with whom he
discussed relations between Croatia and Switzerland and the
situation in the region, the President's Office said in a
statement.
Mesic informed his guest about a recent visit by a group of Swiss
business people, members of the Windenmoos club, to the island of
Brijuni. The two officials confirmed a wish for their countries to
establish closer economic relations.
Commenting on the situation in the region, Mesic and his guest
welcomed the beginning of democratic changes in Yugoslavia, and
Mesic warned about the need for cooperation to be established
between Belgrade and the Hague tribunal, which Deiss supported, the
statement said.
Commenting on some media reports which gave a false account of his
meeting with President Mesic in Switzerland, Deiss reiterated
Switzerland's readiness in principle to cooperate with Croatia in
locating the money illegally taken out of Croatia in cases when
investigations, i.e. court proceedings, have been initiated
against concrete persons.
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