PM meets with minister president of Baden-Wuerttemberg

Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and the visiting Minister President of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, met on Thursday to discuss economic cooperation and relations between Croatia and that German federal state.

Kretschmann later met separately with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Marija Pejcinovic Buric.

Plenkovic and Kretschmann discussed economic cooperation which amounts to about one billion euro, notably the ICT industry and investments, as well as the situation in the region and of the future of the European Union, the government said in a press release.

During the meeting, which was also attended by Regional Development and European Union Funds Minister Gabrijela Zalac and Science and Education Minister Blazenka Divjak, the traditionally very good relations between Croatia and Germany were underscored and Plenkovic in particular commended activities of the Croatia-Baden-Wuerttemberg Commission founded in 2005.

"The numerous Croatian diaspora in Baden-Wuerttemberg is an additional link in our good relations," the PM said expressing gratitude for the material support to the Croatian community's cultural and education projects.

Plenkovic welcomed Kretschmann's visit to Vukovar-Srijem County as well as the co-organisation of the "Region in Transition - Europe as an Opportunity" forum held in Vukovar on Wednesday. "I consider that to be a useful contribution to the further development of regional cooperation within the EU Strategy for the Danube Region," Plenkovic said.

Text: Hina

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