On the first day of his visit, Cheney will hold talks with Croatia's President Stjepan Mesic and Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and on Sunday the US official will attend a meeting of the US-Adriatic Charter, together with the prime ministers of Croatia, Albania and Macedonia.
Cheney is the highest official from the George W. Bush Administration to visit Croatia. In 2004, U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was in Croatia.
Extraordinary security measures have been carried out in the Croatian Adriatic city for the visit of this high-ranking U.S. official. These measures include the arrival of many U.S. security agents in Dubrovnik and the transport of bullet-proof vehicles by C-117 planes. The "USS Enterpise" aircraft carrier has sailed in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea, as part of Cheney's visit.
Ahead of Cheney's tour of Croatia, the U.S. State Department stated that the three signatories of the said charter, could expect an invitation to join NATO at its summit in 2008 provided that the aspirants succeeded in implementing necessary military and political reforms by that time.
Before Croatia, Cheney was on tour of former Soviet Union republics, Lithuania and Kazakstan.
On Monday morning he will fly back to the United States from Dubrovnik.