Mesic was attending the World Economic Forum on the Middle East on the Jordanian coast of the Dead Sea and on the fringes of the meeting held talks with the Jordanian King and Iraqi Vice President Tarik al-Hashimi.
"We have no outstanding political issues between Jordan and Croatia, but there are several issues that should have been closed long ago, primarily the visa regime issue," Mesic said, adding that the problem lay with Croatia. He said Jordanians who had no difficulty obtaining the Schenghen visa had to wait for months for a Croatian visa, which he added hampered the arrival of Jordanian tourists and business people in Croatia.
"Our Foreign Ministry wants to settle the visa regime issue, but for some reason there are hurdles in the Interior Ministry," said Mesic.
He and King Abdullah II talked about the entry of Croatian companies on the Jordanian market. Mesic said these companies could become engaged in modernising Jordan's rail network, building a waterworks that would link the Red and the Dead Sea, and highway construction.
"The King wants maximum cooperation with Croatia and there is a suggestion that Jordan's air carrier should introduce a direct Aman-Zagreb flight," said Mesic.
He and Iraqi Vice President al-Hashimi talked about Croatia's current and future participation in the reconstruction and stabilisation of Iraq. Both officials said Iraqis must start making decisions on the future of their country as soon as possible, however, due to the complexity of the situation, the international community, notably the UN, would have to retain an active role.
Mesic and al-Hashimi were agreed about the need to create conditions to stop terrorism and overcome the rifts dividing Iraqi society.
On Saturday, the Croatian head of state will attend the continuation of the World Economic Forum and a G-11 group meeting to be held on the margins of the Forum.