Repentin is visiting Croatia together with German Minister Michael Link.
With our joint visit we wanted to show the symbolic strength of two countries that warred in the past but are working hand in hand today, Repentin told AFP after he and Link visited the French-German School in Zagreb.
I think Croatia can play an identical role in the Balkans, for example with Serbia, in order to finally restore peace to a region disrupted by wars in the recent past, he added.