Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Monday for talks about the two countries' economic cooperation, with Grabar-Kitarovic saying the Croatian government was making efforts to improve the investment climate.

Grabar-Kitarovic said the Croatian government was continuously working on improving the investment climate and the legal framework to assist business people in both countries through measures providing equal conditions for doing business and investment for both national and foreign companies. She expressed confidence Canada would recognise Croatia as an investment destination, according to a press release issued by the President’s Office.

Stressing the importance of the two countries’ cooperation in science and education, Grabar-Kitarovic expressed satisfaction with a broad range of cooperation between Canadian and Croatian universities, which includes two Croatian studies centres at the universities of Waterloo and Toronto.

Grabar-Kitarovic said she was grateful for the fact that the Croatian language was integrated in the elementary and high school systems in Ontario and British Columbia.

At the talk with Trudeau, Grabar-Kitarovic underscored the contribution the Croat community in Canada made not only to the development of strong relations between the two countries but also to Canada’s overall development.

Trudeau congratulated Grabar Kitarovic on taking over the chairmanship of the Council of Women World Leaders, the only organisation in the world dedicated to women heads of state and government, the statement said.