Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković will be in Romania on Tuesday and Wednesday for an official visit, during which he will meet with senior Romanian officials and visit the Croatian community in several villages in the west of the country.
On Tuesday, Jandroković is scheduled to meet with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ion-Marcel Ciolacu and address the House.
On the same day he is also due to meet with the Deputy Speaker of the Senate, Alina-Stefania Gorghiu, and Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă.
On Wednesday, the Croatian Parliament speaker travels to Caraşova (Karaševo), Clocotici (Klokotić) and Lupac (Lupak) in the Romanian part of the Banat region to meet with representatives of the Croatian minority.
Croatia's Central State Office for Croats Abroad estimates that 6,000 ethnic Croats live in Romania, while 5,408 people in Romania identified themselves as Croats in the 2011 census.