Minister Pusić receives outgoing ambassadors of Order of Malta and Portugal

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusić received the outgoing ambassadors of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Nikola baron Adamovich Čepinski, and Portugal, Paulo Tiago Fernandes Jerónimo da Silva

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusić received the outgoing ambassadors of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Nikola baron Adamovich Čepinski, and Portugal, Paulo Tiago Fernandes Jerónimo da Silva.

Pusić thanked the Order of Malta for its humanitarian aid during Croatia’s Homeland War and the work of Croatian Maltese Charitable Service, which cares for youth with physical disabilities. She also thanked Adamovich for his personal and professional engagement, as well as for his contribution to the overall development of bilateral relations between Croatia and the Order of Malta. As the ambassador with the longest term of office in Croatia, Adamovich said he could best testify to Croatia’s progress in all areas, from the international recognition to EU membership. The two officials also discussed prospects of future humanitarian cooperation.

Portuguese Ambassador da Silva expressed satisfaction that during his five-year term in Croatia he witnesses one nation’s success in joining the Euro-Atlantic integration, from NATO to the EU membership. Pusić thanked for Portugal’s support along Croatia’s road to the EU. She underlined excellent bilateral relations, very good cooperation between the two countries’ ministries of foreign affairs, the importance of jointly launched initiatives and the excellent cultural cooperation, adding that there was room for advancing economic cooperation. The interlocutors agreed that both countries were going through hard economic times, but that there were signs of improvement. Da Silva said Croatia had a good location, at the hub of energy and transport routes, and that it was easier for it to establish economic ties with other countries, unlike Portugal.  

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