"I will be in Munich on Thursday and I would like to visit Mr Racan if his condition allows it and if he agrees," said Sanader, who is expected to open a tourism fair with his Bavarian counterpart Edmund Stoiber on Thursday.
Speaking in a Croatian Radio programme, Sanader said he wished all the best to Racan as a man and a politician.
Asked how the upcoming election campaign would proceed without Racan, Sanader said that it would be most interesting to witness the confrontation of the SDP and the People's Party (HNS) which were oriented towards the same, centre-left electorate.
The PM dismissed the SDP's request to replace Economy Minister Branko Vukelic over suspected financial wrongdoing in the Brodosplit shipyard, saying that the SDP's approach was characterised by petty politics and demagogy.
It is not up to the SDP to judge who is guilty and who is not. That is within the jurisdiction of courts, Sanader said. He wondered what would happen if the investigation revealed that the former management, appointed by the SDP, was responsible for the Brodosplit case, and added that there were indications that the company's former management board was being investigated.
Asked if he had reported his watches in his declaration of assets, the PM said he would do so within the time term set by the Commission for Conflict of Interest, which expires today or tomorrow.
He repeated that the form used by officials for reporting assets was unclear and that officials who had doubts as to whether they should report assets such as watches, jewellery, fur or horses had been given ambiguous answers by the Commission for Conflict of Interest.
Commenting on relations with Italy, Sanader said that the situation had been resolved with the exchange of statements between the presidents of Croatia and Italy and that there would be no more "adding fuel to the flames". He went on to say that he had been in touch with President Stjepan Mesic throughout the recent dispute with Italy and believed that the way Mesic responded to the Italian president's statements was the right way, because statements by Giorgio Napolitano were "absolutely unacceptable to Croatia".
Commenting on relations with Slovenia, Sanader repeated Croatia's proposal that the two countries settle the issue of the border in Savudrija Bay and disputed points along the land border, should such points be reported by Slovenia, before an international court.
Sanader also warned about strongly worded statements by some Slovene politicians that it was not Savudrija Bay but areas located more towards south that would have to be settled through arbitration. They constitute aspirations towards Croatian territory and we most resolutely dismiss them, the PM said, adding that Croatia would not be buying friendship with territory.
He said that outstanding issues with Italy and Slovenia, which are EU and NATO members, would not obstruct Croatia's integration with Euro-Atlantic associations.
"The strategic importance of Croatia will be decisive in relation to some outstanding bilateral issues," Sanader was determined.