ZAGREB, Jan 20(Hina) - Croatian Finance Minister Ivan Suker on Tuesday met the director of the World Bank's Regional Office in Zagreb, Anand Seth, and the head of the World Bank's Office for Croatia, Indira Konjihodzic, the Finance
Ministry said in a statement. This was Suker's first meeting with World Bank officials since stepping into office.
ZAGREB, Jan 20(Hina) - Croatian Finance Minister Ivan Suker on Tuesday
met the director of the World Bank's Regional Office in Zagreb, Anand
Seth, and the head of the World Bank's Office for Croatia, Indira
Konjihodzic, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. This was
Suker's first meeting with World Bank officials since stepping into
office.#L#
The World Bank is ready for talks on strategic priorities, the use of
the entire scope of instruments and the establishment of an efficient
partnership with the new Croatian government, the Finance Ministry
cites Anand Seth as saying.
Minister Suker also held his first official meeting with the head of
the European Commission Delegation in Croatia, Jacques Wunenburger.
The talks focused on the cooperation so far, the implementation of the
CARDS programme and the new, bigger role of the Finance Ministry in
the process of Croatia's integration with Europe, the statement said.
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