Several Croatian ministers, including Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, Science and Education Minister Dragan Primorac and other officials saw off this high-ranking U.S. guest at the Cilipi airport.
Cheney described his visit to Dubrovnik and meetings with Mesic and Sanader as very significant for the development of US-Croatia relations.
We Americans are tremendously impressed with Croatia's progress over the past few years. We are strongly supportive of Croatia becoming a full member of the trans-Atlantic community, Cheney said after the dinner with Sanader on Saturday evening.
We also deeply appreciate Croatia's current involvement in Afghanistan, in a very difficult situation in that part of the world, he added.