The Hungarian government shares a similar opinion, Sergely said, adding that after today's talks with Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader he could say the Croatian government felt the same.
Delegations of the two countries' bishops conferences held their regular meeting in Zagreb today, after which they spoke to reporters.
Sergely said the two delegations concluded the European community should be built on equal foundations.
He added the talks also addressed the establishment of a Catholic University in Croatia. Croatian Bishops Conference president Zagreb Archbishop Josip Bozanic said this issue was not discussed at the meeting with PM Sanader earlier today, but added the PM supported the idea.
Delegations of the two countries' bishops conferences also discussed care for Hungarian Catholics in Croatia and Croatian Catholics in Hungary.
Djakovo-Srijem Bishop Marin Srakic said that according to the latest census, Croatia has a Hungarian community numbering a little over 16,500, of whom 11,000 are Catholics.
Srakic thanked the Catholic Church in Hungary for everything it did for Croatian refugees during the 1990s war. He recalled that the Hungarian Bishops Conference recently donated 62,300 euros for a church in the eastern Croatian village of Vladislavci.