- Published: 16.05.2003.
Deputy FM Dr Ivan Šimonović received H.E. Kaname Ikedu, new Ambassador of Japan to Croatia...
Dr Ivan Šimonović, the Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister, received H.E. Kaname Ikedu, new Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Croatia, in introductory visit.
H.E. Kaname Ikeda also met with Mr. Mario Nobilo, Minister Assistant.
The Ambassador of Japan expressed his satisfaction for being accredited to the Republic of Croatia at the time of the intensification of the process of Croatia's joining the European Union.
The satisfaction was expressed by the past Croatian-Japanese cooperation at multilateral level and the participation of Japan in multilateral projects in the region of SEE. Thanks were expressed to Japan for specific projects in the Republic of Croatia which, owing to their definition and orientation to specific areas, achieved maximum effects considering the financial engagements of the Japanese Government in their realisation.