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On Monday, 20 September 2010, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Gordan Jandroković received the Director General of the Islamic Organisation for Education, Science and Culture, Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri. Minister Jandrokovć expressed his support for the work of the Islamic Organisation for Education, Science and Culture,20.09.2010. | Press releases

The Republic of Croatia welcomes the first parliamentary election in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan organised independently by the Afghan authorities. The election taking place on 18 September 2010 shows the democratic progress of the Afghan society after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. 18.09.2010. | Press releases

On 17 September 2010, the Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Poland, MSc. Ivan Del Vechio, attended, at the invitation of the organisers, the international charity volleyball tournament in Katowice, dedicated to one of the most prominent Polish volleyball players, Agata-Mroz Olszewska, who had died of leukaemia two years ago. The tournament featured women's volleyball clubs from Poland, Croatia, the Czech Republic, and Serbia. 18.09.2010. | Press releases

On Friday, 17 September 2010, State Secretary Andrej Plenković received the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Croatia, Burak Ӧzügergin. Finding the bilateral relations very good, they discussed the experience of both countries concerning the negotiations to join the European Union. 17.09.2010. | Press releases

On Friday, 17 September 2010, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Gordan Jandroković congratulated the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania, Edmond Haxhinast, on the occasion of his appointment. Minister Jandroković expressed his conviction that17.09.2010. | Press releases

At the initiative of the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Lisbon, the Portuguese-Croatian Chamber of Commerce has been established on 15 September 2010 The ceremony of signing the founding Statutes was organised on the premises of the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Lisbon16.09.2010. | Press releases

On Thursday, 16 September 2010, State Secretary for European Integration Andrej Plenković attended the panel discussion at Slavonski Brod on the subject of „EU – Challenges and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs and Tradesmen“. In his presentation State Secretary Plenković described the current state of affairs in the negotiations between Croatia and EU 16.09.2010. | Press releases

Second meeting of Croatian and Italian Ministers Coordinating Committee held 15 September 2010During the bilateral meeting between ministers Jandroković and Frattini, both sides confirmed the existence of excellent and partnership relations between Croatia and Italy, further strategically strengthened after the Coordinating Committee’s first meeting 1 July 2009 in Rome15.09.2010. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković received on inaugural visit Irish Ambassador to Croatia seated in Ljubljana Thomas BradyThe collocutors described the bilateral relations as very good and unburdened by outstanding issues. Minister Jandroković expressed gratitude for Ireland’s continuous support, especially during its EU presidency, when Croatia received the candidate status14.09.2010. | Press releases

Press release on kidnapping of Croatian seaman in Cameroon Based on the data gathered concerning the kidnapping of a Croatian seaman in the Republic of Cameroon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration would like to report the following: the kidnapping took place in the evening hours of 12 September 2010, while the vessel Amerigo Vespucci, whose crewmembers included the kidnapped Croat, was being unloaded at the port of Douala 14.09.2010. | Press releases