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MFA - Press ReleasesThe Republic of Croatia has joined the associated and admitting members of the European Union in supporting a demarche of the Presidency of the European Union on Iraq from 4 February 2003.05.02.2003. | Press releases

MFA - Press ReleasesContinuing the process of the adoption of international legal instruments of the Council of Europe, Ambassador Neven Madey, permanent representative of the Republic of Croatia to this organisation, handed today to Mr. Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the ratification documents of two protocols, Protocol 12 and Protocol 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the most important legal instrument of the Council of Europe.03.02.2003. | Press releases

MFA - Press ReleasesMr. Tonino Picula, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is in a two-day official visit to the Principality of Andorra.30.01.2003. | Press releases

MFA - Press ReleasesOn 27 January 2003, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia with the Council of Europe, and the Delegation of the Croatian Parliament with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, headed by Mirjana Ferić-Vac, presented an exhibition by the architect Dinko Kovačić titled "Mediterranean Architecture in the Dalmatian Landscape". The exhibition was opened by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer, and Croatian Ambassador Neven Madey.27.01.2003. | Press releases

MFA - Press ReleasesLate in the afternoon on Friday, February 24, 2003, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Tonino Picula, received a delegation from Rijeka headed by its Mayor, Vojko Obersnel, for a working meeting concerning the joint promotion activities related to the candidacy of the city of Rijeka for the organisation of the XVI Mediterranean Games in 2009. 24.01.2003. | Press releases

MFA - Press ReleasesThe delegation of the Croatian Foreign Ministry, including Mr. Josip Vrbošić, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Ratko Maričić, General Consul of the Republic of Croatia in Mostar and Mr. Boris Belanić, Consul Counsellor at the General Consulate of the Republic of Croatia in Banja Luka, visited today in the afternoon Mr. Marinko Anđelić, a wounded member of the Anđelić family. Members of delegation conveyed to him best wishes of Minister Picula for a fast recovery, and emphasised that the Croatian diplomatic and consular agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina will continue to protect the interests of the Croatian people in this state.24.01.2003. | Press releases

MFA - Press ReleasesIn his regular consultations the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Tonino Picula, spoke with the top officials of the Croatian diplomatic and consular missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina.24.01.2003. | Press releases

MFA - Press ReleasesMr. Tonino Picula, Croatian Foreign Minister, met today with Mr. Renzo Tonda, President of the Italian region of Friuli Giulia, at the Croatian Foreign Ministry.24.01.2003. | Press releases

MFA - Press ReleasesMr. Tonino Picula, Croatian Foreign Minister, received yesterday Mr. Aleksej Meškov, Assistant Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation. During the talks, bilateral relations were evaluated as very good and with an upward trend, and satisfaction with constant rise in commodity exchange was expressed. This is a good indicator for future relations between the Republic of Croatia and the Russian Federation.23.01.2003. | Press releases

MFA - Press ReleasesHaving obtained relevant information about the incident in which a patrol boat of the Croatian police fired shots of warning over the Italian fishing boat caught in the Croatian territorial waters, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia sent a note verbale to the Embassy of the Italian Republic in Zagreb.22.01.2003. | Press releases