Luksic and Pusic talked on the fringes of the meeting of the partner commission of the US-Adriatic Charter (A5), held at the end of Croatia's six months presidency over the Charter.
"The US-Adriatic initiative is very important regional initiative dealing with Euro-Atlantic associations and for Montenegro it represents an important framework which helps us prepare for future membership," Luksic said.
He thanked Croatia on it support in Euro-Atlantic associations, stressing that "through the frameworks of future cooperation we can prepare Montenegro to follow Croatia's steps towards NATO membership,"
"Croatian full membership of the EU will most definitely help us as well because then we will be able to say that the EU is at our borders," Luksic said.
Pusic said they had talked about issues of common interest, announcing a bilateral visit of minister Luksic to Zagreb at the start of 2013.
"We have a number of interesting topics to talk about and find solutions, those are not political issues that would represent an obstacle in our relations, but mostly ways to the most efficient communications between people and goods between Croatia and Montenegro upon Croatia's admission to the EU," Pusic said.
Earlier today, Pusic opened a meeting of the partner commission of the US-Adriatic Charter (A5), dedicated to the process of Euro-Atlantic integration of Southeast Europe, the role of public diplomacy in the process of joining NATO and the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
Zagreb's meeting brought together foreign ministers of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro and representatives of Serbia and Kosovo, that have observer status at this initiative.
The Charter was signed in May 2003 by the foreign ministers of Albania, Macedonia and Croatia and the US Secretary of State at the time Colin Powell. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro joined the initiative in 2008.
Macedonia is taking over the six-months presidency of the US-Adriatic Charter on 1 January.