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Minister Gordan Jandroković and Chinese Trade Minister Chen Deming signed Agreement on Economic Cooperation The Agreement was signed in the presence of Croatian President Stjepan Mesić and Chinese President Hu Jintao, who was on an official visit to the Republic of Croatia20.06.2009. | Press releases

Croatian Embassy to the Holy See held reception at cloister of St. Kosmas and Damian Monastery, ceremoniously marking Statehood DayOn that occasion, Minister Jandroković expressed satisfaction with his first official visit to the Holy See19.06.2009. | Press releases

Ambassador Drago Štambuk during 52nd annual JATA meeting met with its Chairman Akira Kanai and Vice Chairman Kotaro KogiThe collocutors discussed the notable rise in the number of Japanese tourists visiting Croatia, which in 2008 was 5 times larger than in 2005, and 66% larger than the figures for 200719.06.2009. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković opened seminar entitled “Doing Business with NATO”, organized by MFAEI and held June 19th 2009 at Westin HotelIn the opening part of his speech, Minister Jandroković pointed out that Croatia’s NATO membership is a strong guarantee of our national security and the safety of our future generations19.06.2009. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković held briefing for heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Croatia He informed them about the content of yesterday’s meeting in Brussels with Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn and the Slovenian foreign minister19.06.2009. | Press releases

MFAEI sent protest note to BiH Embassy in Zagreb over BiH Parliamentary Assembly’s passing of Act on Protection of Domestic Production The note read that said Act is directed against the free trade with Croatia as part of CEFTA19.06.2009. | Press releases

On the second day of his visit to the Holy See, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Gordan Jandroković had an audience with the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVIAfter the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, before several tens of thousands of devotees from across the world and the Republic of Croatia, Minister Jandroković, his wife Sonja Jandroković, and members of the Croatian delegation were received by Pope Benedict XVI17.06.2009. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković met with Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Tarcisio BertoneAfter the audience with the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday, 17 June 2009, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia Gordan Jandroković met with Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone17.06.2009. | Press releases

State Secretary Bianca Matković organised on Tuesday, 16 June 2009, a briefing for heads of diplomatic missions accredited to the Republic of CroatiaThe briefing, the topics of which were the implementation of anti-recession measures of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, strategy and action plan of Croatian tourism, and this year’s “Croatia Summit 2009”, was also attended by Minister of Tourism Damir Bajs and State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance Zdravko Marić16.06.2009. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković met with Secretary of the Holy See for Relations with States, Archbishop Dominique MambertiIn the talk with Archbishop Mamberti, Minister Jandroković expressed gratitude for the understanding and support of the Holy See, and traditionally friendly relations between the two states16.06.2009. | Press releases