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Informal meeting of SEECP Political Directors’ Committee held 13 December 2007 in Bansko, Bulgaria Informal meeting of the SEECP Committee of Political Directors was held under Bulgaria’s chairmanship on 13 December 2007 in Bansko, the Republic of Bulgaria. Croatia was represented by National SEECP Co-ordinator and Assistant Minister for International Economic Co-operation Andrea Gustović Ercegovac. Also participating in the meeting was Hido Biščević, State Secretary for Political Affairs and Appointed Secretary General of the Regional Co-operation Council (RCC)14.12.2007. | Press releases

Minister Grabar-Kitarović received to separate inaugural visits Italian Ambassador Pignatti, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen, and Monaco’s Ambassador BlanchiMinister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović received on 14 December 2007 to separate inaugural visits Ambassador of the Italian Republic Alessandro Pignatti Morano di Custoza, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, seated in Budapest, Dung Quoc Nguyen, and Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco, seated in Rome, Philippe Blanchi14.12.2007. | Press releases

Minister Grabar-Kitarović opened One-Year Professional Diplomatic Study with lecture on Croatian foreign policy’s strategic priorities and basic guidelines On 14 December 2007, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović opened with a lecture on the Croatian foreign policy’s strategic priorities and basic guidelines the One-Year Professional Diplomatic Study for the 11th generation of attendees14.12.2007. | Press releases

Assistant Minister Pjer Šimunović headed Croatian delegation at UN General Assembly’s Commemorative Plenary Session on ChildrenAssistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Pjer Šimunović headed the Croatian delegation at the UN General Assembly’s Commemorative Plenary Session on Children, held on 11 and 12 December 2007 in New York13.12.2007. | Press releases

State Secretary Pejčinović Burić received to inaugural visit Bulgarian Ambassador to Croatia Ivan SirakovState Secretary for European Integration Marija Pejčinović Burić received on 13 December 2007 to inaugural visit the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Croatia, Ivan Sirakov13.12.2007. | Press releases

MFAEI sends protest note to Italian Republic The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia sent a protest note to the Italian Republic today, expressing strong disapproval and deep dissatisfaction over yesterday’s publishing of a post stamp by the Italian Post Office with pictures of the City of Rijeka, reading “Rijeka - Eastern Land that Was Italian” (Fiume - terra orientale gia' italiana)12.12.2007. | Press releases

Ambassador Dražen Margeta handed credentials to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid MualemCroatian Ambassador Dražen Margeta handed on 4 December 2007 his credentials to Foreign Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic Walid Mualem, officially assuming the duty of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia to the Syrian Arab Republic, seated in Cairo11.12.2007. | Press releases

Ambassador Mirko Galić handed credentials to Prince Albert II of Monaco Croatian Ambassador Mirko Galić handed on 6 December 2007 the originals of his credentials to Prince Albert II of Monaco, officially assuming the duty of the first ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia to the Principality of Monaco, seated in the French Republic06.12.2007. | Press releases

Minister Grabar-Kitarović received to separate inaugural visits ambassadors of Panama, New Zealand, and Argentina Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović received on 5 December 2007 to separate inaugural visits Ambassador of the Republic of Panama seated in the Hellenic Republic Antonio Fotis Taquis, Ambassador of New Zealand seated in the Italian Republic Douglas Frederick Lawrence Markes , and Ambassador of the Argentinean Republic seated in the Republic of Hungary Domingo Santiago Cullen05.12.2007. | Press releases

3rd meeting of EU-Croatia Stabilisation and Association Committee held in BrusselsOn 5 December 2007, the 3rd meeting of the Stabilisation and Association Committee between the EU and the Republic of Croatia was held in Brussels, under the chairmanship of Deputy Head of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enlargement Christian Danielsson. The Croatian delegation was led by State Secretary for European Integration Marija Pejčinović Burić05.12.2007. | Press releases