LONDON, Jan 28 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic arrived in Great Britain this evening for a several-day visit.
LONDON, Jan 28 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic
arrived in Great Britain this evening for a several-day visit. #L#
The Croatian foreign minister and his British hosts will
discuss bilateral relations and speedy admission of Croatia to
European integration processes.
On Monday Minister Granic will give two lectures. At Royal
United Service Institute for Defence Studies Granic will speak
about Croatia's role under the Dayton peace accords, and at Chatham
House he will give a lecture on Croatia's role in implementation of
the peace agreement and regional cooperation. Tomorrow he will also
met a Foreign Office minister, Nicholas Bonsor, who is due to visit
Croatia next month.
Minister Granic will attend a ceremonial opening of the
Croatian Embassy building in London.
On Tuesday the Croatian Minister will hold talks with British
Foreign Secretary Malcom Rifkind, before his departure to Ireland.
In the new building of the Croatian embassy a reception with
concert was given this evening. The reception was attended by a
Croatian delegation led by Minister Granic, a British Foreign
Office official, J.F Figgins, a former British Premier Margaret
Tchacher and several members of the Diplomatic Corps in the British
Capital.
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