State Secretary Pejčinović Burić participated in Podgorica in seminar “Croatia’s Role in a United Europe”

The seminar was organised with the aim of familiarising Montenegrin civil servants with the various aspects of the European integration process in Croatia, while the lecture by State Secretary Pejčinović Burić focused on presenting the process of implementing and exchanging Croatia’s experiences concerning the Stabilisation and Association Agreement. The seminar offered an insight into the challenges and possibilities awaiting Croatia in a united Europe, and presented the forms of co-operation and co-ordination between all of the Croatian bodies involved in the pre-accession process.

During her visit to Podgorica, State Secretary Pejčinović Burić met with Montenegrin Vice-Prime Minister for European Integration Gordana Đurović. Communicating the congratulations on signing the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU, State Secretary Pejčinović Burić pointed out that Croatia fully supports the democratic processes and reforms aimed at including Montenegro into the Euro-Atlantic integration and is willing to continue offering assistance through the transfer of its own experiences in the process.

At the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Croatian delegation, led by State Secretary Pejčinović Burić, was received by Political Director Vladimir Radulović. State Secretary Pejčinović Burić expressed satisfaction with the achieved level of relations between the two counties and the intensive visits on all levels, which is a testimony to the positive atmosphere both on bi- and multilateral field. State Secretary Pejčinović Burić also informed the other side about the progress of Croatia’s EU membership negotiations, and both sides expressed a wish for the continuation of the two countries’ intensive co-operation.