Croatian Parliament Speaker meets visiting Austrian president

Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković met with visiting Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Tuesday, and the two officials confirmed the two countries' traditionally friendly and intensive relations.

Croatia and Austria have excellent, traditionally friendly and very intensive, bilateral relations and they cooperate excellently in many areas, it was said at the meeting. The economic cooperation between the two countries is very good, the two officials said, welcoming a Croatian-Austrian business forum held in Zagreb earlier in the day.

Jandroković and Van der Bellen also underlined the importance of the two countries' partnership in the EU and the importance of protecting the EU's fundamental values. Also discussed was the situation in Southeast Europe, the EU and globally.

Jandroković extended an invitation for Austrian Parliament Speaker Wolfgang Sobotka to pay an official visit to Croatia. (Hina)