Josipovic said that southeastern Europe logically and geographically belonged to the European continent and that the region's economic, political and cultural integration with the rest of Europe offered the prospect of its development.
Commenting on Croatia's challenges and internal weaknesses, the president spoke about the economic crisis and the poorly conducted process of privatisation and added that the economic recovery would be one of the major tasks in the coming period.
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