Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Thursday morning sent copies of a draft national strategy for the period until 2030 to President Zoran Milanovic and Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic, government spokesman Marko Milic said on his Twitter account.

The document has been sent to the two top office holders before it is put to public consultation, Milic tweeted.

Plenkovic called on Milanovic to nominate his representative to the steering committee for the elaboration of the national strategy, and thus make a contribution to efforts to prepare the strategy, Milic said.

The letter sent to Jandrokovic reads that the premier is confident that all members of the parliament will give their contribution to parliamentary discussions on the matter and that the National Development Strategy for the period until 2030 would enjoy as broad support as possible.

Earlier today, President Milanovic suggested that PM Andrej Plenkovic should include representatives of opposition parliamentary parties in the steering committee and the task force in charge of drawing up a national development strategy for the period until 2030.

The President believes that the national development strategy is a document of national strategic interest and that it requires the broadest possible consesus, reads a statement issued by the Office of the President on Thursday morning.

“Due to the importance of the strategy, the challenges faced by Croatia and the possibilities that will open up in the coming decade, I suggest that you change your decision on the establishment of the steering committee and task force for the national development strategy for the period until 2030 to make it possible for representatives of opposition parliamentary parties to participate in it as well,” the statement reads.