"We want to revive that topic that has been neglected by the European family for a fairly long time and which no one has seriously considered since the last enlargement round and Croatia's accession," the minister said after a ministerial conference of the Visegrad Group and Western Balkan countries.
Grlic Radman said that as the current EU chair, Croatia would work to help achieve "unity and consensus on enlargement" in the EU.
"Since Croatia is no longer an observer in the EU but a creator of European policies, we feel the responsibility and need to put the enlargement topic high on the agenda during Croatia's presidency," the minister said.
All meetings and conferences on EU enlargement to the Western Balkans are part of the preparations for the main event of Croatia's EU presidency, the Zagreb Summit, to be held in May, said the minister.