Following an invitation by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs, Joe Costello T.D., the Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament and the Chairman of the Committee on European integration of the Croatian parliament, mr.sc. Neven Mimica accompanied by a delegation comprising Croatian parliament deputies mr.sc. Marija Pejcinovic Buric and mr.sc. Tanja Vrbat, visited Ireland from the 25th until the 28th September 2011.
Following an invitation by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs, Joe Costello T.D., the Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament and the Chairman of the Committee on European integration of the Croatian parliament, mr.sc. Neven Mimica accompanied by a delegation comprising Croatian parliament deputies mr.sc. Marija Pejcinovic Buric and mr.sc. Tanja Vrbat, visited Ireland from the 25th until the 28th September 2011. During the address of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs, mr.sc. Mimica and the delegation briefed the Committee, inter alia, about further activities which the Republic of Croatia is undertaking with respect to the fulfilment of the last commitments of the concluded accession negotiation talks and about the preparations for the imminent referendum on the full membership of the Republic of Croatia in the European Union.
The Committee members unanimously supported the accession of the Republic of Croatia to full EU membership, expressing their hope in a swift ratification of the Accession Treaty of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, as well as full support to Croatia, both in the period prior to its full EU membership, as well as in the post accession period, through cooperation with Croatia on areas of mutual interest. During his working visit to Ireland, mr. sc. Neven Mimica met with the Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, Pat Breen, and with the Minister of State with Special responsibility for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton, T.D.
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