Pusic was in Vienna to attend the opening of an international conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes called "The Role of the EU in UN Human Rights Reform".
She and Spindelegger discussed Croatian-Austrian relations as well as regional and global issues.
"Austria is closely tied to Croatia, it was involved in preparations for the European Union so that Croatia can become the 28th member, and today we talked about what we can do in the future," he said, adding, "We can create a better investment climate for Austrian business people in Croatia."
Pusic said she was "of the opinion that the investment climate in Croatia should be improved," adding that an investment advancement plan was being prepared.
The two officials highlighted the friendly relations between the two countries, with Spindelegger saying Croatia and Austria had no bilateral issues and Pusic that the two countries shared identical views and that their joint position was that Eastern Europe should join the EU by preparing, meeting requirements and adjusting.
Spindelegger said they now wanted to focus on major issues and be active in solving issues in the Middle East. Discussing a ministerial meeting in Cyprus, he praised Pusic as an experienced politician who represented her Austrian and Slovenian counterparts regarding education.
Pusic told the press she and Spindelegger talked about the situation in Syria, which was the topic of the Cypriot talks, voicing great concern about the security and humanitarian situation. She said they also talked about the immigration issue.
Asked by an Austrian journalist if Croatia was in a recession, Pusic said the situation was serious and that last week the Fitch agency upgraded Croatia's credit rating in some elements. "That's very good news and it was explained well because the seriousness of the Croatian government's work and Croatia's policy have been recognised."
Speaking at the opening of the international conference, Pusic said "countries increasingly define their foreign policies in relation to human rights" and that "military peace missions must also have a civilian component to ensure sustainable peace."
She said the human rights foreign policy helped not only the country which received humanitarian, development or other assistance but also the country that provided it, because this raised society's awareness of the importance of human rights.
Pusic warned that the rights of women and little girls were threatened first, as that was the socially most acceptable violation of human rights. "A society's democracy is measured by the treatment of women and little girls and the respect for their rights," she said, adding that it was important to ensure education for them and that women invested 90 per cent of their income into their families, as against only 30 per cent of men.
"That's why Croatia, on the EU and UN levels, will advocate the civilian component of military peace missions in order to ensure sustainable peace and human rights," she said.