Speaking after a meeting of the committee on the coordination and monitoring of the Schengen instrument, Ostojic said Schengen Area states decided when Croatian would join, but that Croatia had the obligation to spend Schengen Facility funds in the best way possible and be ready and apply for entering the zone by July 1, 2015.
After joining the EU on 1 July 2013, entering the Schengen Area is one of the government's strategic foreign policy priorities.
Ostojic briefed the committee and Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic about the implementation of the Schengen Action Plan and the absorption of Schengen Facility funds, focusing on the procurement of border control technical equipment.