The Croatian 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 the German federal state.
Kretschmann later met separately with the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Marija Pejcinovic-Buric.
Plenkovic and Kretschmann discussed the economic cooperation between Croatia and Baden-Wuerttemberg which amounts to about € one billion, notably the ICT industry and investments, as well as the situation in the region and the future of the EU, the government said in a press release.
“The large Croatian diaspora in Baden-Wuerttemberg is an additional link in our good relations,” the PM said, adding he was grateful for the material support to the Croatian community’s cultural and education projects. According to official data, some 110,000 Croats live in Baden-Wuerttemberg, more than in any other German state.
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.
The President Minister discussed the possibilites of strengthening bilateral economic cooperation with the Croatia’s Foreign Minister Pejcinovic-Buric.
They also spoke about the future development of the EU and European integration of the Southeast European countries. Pejcinovic-Buric said that Croatia supported the Southeast European countries on their European journey, mentioning the status of the Croat people in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the ministry said in a press release.
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