ZAGREB, April 26 (Hina) - A delegation of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), headed by HDZ international secretary Ivo Sanader, and Croatian Ambassador to Germany Zoran Jasic are participating, as guests, in a convention of
Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Erfurt. On Monday, Sanader held talks with CDU President Wolfgang Schaeuble. During the talks, the two officials exchanged opinions on the situation in the region, and possible solutions for the Kosovo crisis. Schaeuble pointed to the need for further strengthening of cooperation between the CDU and the HDZ. Sanader also held talks with the foreign policy spokesman for the CSU/CSU (Christian Social Union) fraction in the Bundestag, Karl Lammers, on further strengthening of party cooperation and Croatia's joining the European Union and NATO. The HDZ international secretary met the CDU international secretary, Guido Hertz, with whom he
ZAGREB, April 26 (Hina) - A delegation of the ruling Croatian
Democratic Union (HDZ), headed by HDZ international secretary Ivo
Sanader, and Croatian Ambassador to Germany Zoran Jasic are
participating, as guests, in a convention of Germany's Christian
Democratic Union (CDU) in Erfurt.
On Monday, Sanader held talks with CDU President Wolfgang
Schaeuble. During the talks, the two officials exchanged opinions
on the situation in the region, and possible solutions for the
Kosovo crisis.
Schaeuble pointed to the need for further strengthening of
cooperation between the CDU and the HDZ.
Sanader also held talks with the foreign policy spokesman for the
CSU/CSU (Christian Social Union) fraction in the Bundestag, Karl
Lammers, on further strengthening of party cooperation and
Croatia's joining the European Union and NATO.
The HDZ international secretary met the CDU international
secretary, Guido Hertz, with whom he agreed on forms of cooperation
between the CDU and the HDZ. They particularly discussed
cooperation regarding HDZ's approaching the Europaeische
Volkspartei (EVP).
Sanader and the EVP secretary at the European Parliament, Klaus
Welle, discussed intensifying HDZ's international contacts and its
relations with the EVP.
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