President meets with Croatian counterpart

Serbian and Croatian Presidents Boris Tadic and Ivo Josipovic said that they are ready to work on solving all open questions between the two countries. Tadic said that Josipovic’s first visit to Belgrade on Sunday is a historical one. President meets with Croatian counterpart Josipovic said that he supports the path of all of Croatia’s neighbors toward the European Union, while Tadic said that Serbia wants the best possible relations with Croatia. Tadic also said that he supports an out-of-court settlement of the genocide law suits filed by both countries against one another to the International Court of Justice. He said that some more important open questions between the two countries are the return of refugees, the protection of their property, and the solving if their housing issues, as well as the protection of the Serbian language in Croatia, but also in other regional countries, as well as the question of cultural identity. Tadic said that an atmosphere of reconciliation between Serbia and Croatia is necessary, and that all the remaining missing persons in Serbia and Croatia must be found and eventually exhumed and given proper burials. Tadic said that he and Josipovic also talked about economic cooperation, adding that there were talks about cooperation in the field of infrastructure as well. Josipovic agreed with Tadic that the issue of missing persons is one of the most pressing between the two countries. He said that Serbia would be giving Croatia documents related to events in the Vukovar hospital during the war in order to help in trying to locate these missing persons. He agreed with Tadic that a “non-typical agreement” must be reached as far as state borders are concerned, though he did not given any details as to what that might include. Josipovic said that if such a solution is not found, then arbitration would be needed. Boris Tadic and Ivo Josipovic (FoNet) Josipovic said that he and Tadic also talked about regional questions and cooperation in the fields of culture, sport and science between Serbia and Croatia. The Croatian president will also be meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and other senior Serbian officials while in Belgrade. He would also hold meetings with Croatian minority leaders in Serbia and members of the non-governmental sector. The two presidents will head to Subotica after the meetings in Belgrade, where they would be attending the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Alliance of Croatians in Vojvodina. Croatian Interior Minister Tomislav Karamarko is one of the members of Josipovic’s delegation during his visit and will be holding talks with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic as well. (Tanjug)

President meets with Croatian counterpart

Josipović said that he supports the path of all of Croatia’s neighbors toward the European Union, while Tadić said that Serbia wants the best possible relations with Croatia.

Tadić also said that he supports an out-of-court settlement of the genocide law suits filed by both countries against one another to the International Court of Justice.

He said that some more important open questions between the two countries are the return of refugees, the protection of their property, and the solving if their housing issues, as well as the protection of the Serbian language in Croatia, but also in other regional countries, as well as the question of cultural identity.

Tadić said that an atmosphere of reconciliation between Serbia and Croatia is necessary, and that all the remaining missing persons in Serbia and Croatia must be found and eventually exhumed and given proper burials.

Tadić said that he and Josipović also talked about economic cooperation, adding that there were talks about cooperation in the field of infrastructure as well.

Josipović agreed with Tadić that the issue of missing persons is one of the most pressing between the two countries.

He said that Serbia would be giving Croatia documents related to events in the Vukovar hospital during the war in order to help in trying to locate these missing persons.

He agreed with Tadić that a “non-typical agreement” must be reached as far as state borders are concerned, though he did not given any details as to what that might include. Josipović said that if such a solution is not found, then arbitration would be needed. Josipović said that he and Tadić also talked about regional questions and cooperation in the fields of culture, sport and science between Serbia and Croatia.

The Croatian president will also be meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković and other senior Serbian officials while in Belgrade. He would also hold meetings with Croatian minority leaders in Serbia and members of the non-governmental sector.

The two presidents will head to Subotica after the meetings in Belgrade, where they would be attending the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Alliance of Croatians in Vojvodina.

Croatian Interior Minister Tomislav Karamarko is one of the members of Josipović’s delegation during his visit and will be holding talks with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dačić as well.