Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Tuesday held talks with the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, on Great Britain's exit from the EU and future relations between Brussels and London, the government said in a statement.

Barnier informed Plenkovic of the latest developments regarding Brexit, and the two officials also discussed Croatia’s role during its EU presidency regarding Brexit and future relations between the EU and the UK.

Plenkovic presented the priorities of Croatia’s EU presidency, stressing that with regard to Brexit, maintaining legal security for citizens and companies in the EU and the UK was important to Croatia.

The two officials also discussed preparations for a summit of EU and Southeast European countries to be held in May 2020 in Zagreb. On the agenda of the summit will be the pace of development of future relations between the EU and Southeast European countries and their EU membership prospects.

Barnier is visiting Zagreb on the occasion of a congress of the European People’s Party (EPP), which will be held on Wednesday and Thursday and at which Donald Tusk will be elected the new president of the biggest European political group.