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Minister Gordan Jandroković received OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut VollebaekAlso present at the meeting was the Head of the OSCE Office to the Republic of Croatia, Ambassador Jorge Fuentes Monzonis-Villalonga. Minister Jandroković pointed out the importance of the cooperation between Croatia’s institutions and the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in promoting and protecting the rights of national minorities. With respect to that, he thanked High Commissioner Vollebaek for his contribution to the positive development, as well as to the setting up of peace and stability in Croatia and the region as a whole17.11.2008. | Press releases

Press Release regarding recent statements by Serbian high officials The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration once again reiterates that the war in former Yugoslavia, as well as the aggression against the Republic of Croatia, was the consequence of the Greater Serbia ideology and the Slobodan Milošević regime16.11.2008. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković met with Czech House of Representatives’ Chairman Miroslav Vlček Minister Jandroković thanked his host for the support for Croatia’s accession to the EU and NATO, pointing out the European Commission’s Progress Report, in which Croatia for the first time got a timeframe for the completion of the negotiations14.11.2008. | Press releases

State Secretary Bianca Matković held political consultations with State Secretary for European Affairs at Turkish MFA Zergün KorutürkThe two collocutors described the relations between Croatia and Turkey as friendly and on a constant rise, on the bilateral, multilateral, and regional level. State Secretary Matković thanked Turkey for the cooperation with and support for Croatia on its road to NATO membership14.11.2008. | Press releases

State Secretary Maja Vrtarić met with representatives of Baden-Württemberg’s European Relations Parliamentary Committee The State Secretary for Organization and Management and newly-appointed co-chair of the Mixed Commission of the Republic of Croatia and Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, Maja Vrtarić, met 13 November 2008 with the representatives of Baden-Württemberg’s European Relations Parliamentary Committee13.11.2008. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković on official visit to Czech Republic Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia Gordan Jandroković is paying 13 and 24 November 2008 an official visit to the Czech Republic, where he met with Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, Senate’s Deputy Speaker Petr Pithart, and the House of Representatives’ Chairman Miroslav Vlček13.11.2008. | Press releases

Croatian MFAEI sent protest note to MFA of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia sent a protest note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina over the bomb attack on the returnee family Lekavski’s house in Gradac, the Republika Srpska entity, that took place on 8 November 200813.11.2008. | Press releases

State Secretary Bianca Matković received on inaugural visit Polish Ambassador Wieslaw TarkaState Secretary Matković thanked Ambassador Tarka for the support Poland is extending Croatia in its Euro-Atlantic integration processes, especially with respect to the recent ratification of the Protocol on NATO Enlargement to the Republic of Croatia13.11.2008. | Press releases

State Secretary Bianca Matković held political consultations with Moroccan MFA State Secretary Latife AkharbachThe two collocutors expressed satisfaction with the good relations between Croatia and Morocco, as well as with the cooperation on the bi- and multilateral level11.11.2008. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković held lecture at HAZU entitled Croatia – Foreign-Policy ChallengesAs four basic guidelines of Croatia’s foreign policy, Minister Jandroković pointed out the EU membership, NATO membership, Croatia’s leader role in South Eastern Europe, and the UN Security Council membership11.11.2008. | Press releases