Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Davor Stier and State Secretary for European Affairs Marija Pejčinović Burić 17 January 2017 met with Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office Michael Roth. The collocutors discussed challenges facing the European Union ahead of the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the importance of European perspective for Southeast Europe and regional cooperation. They underlined the need to further advance the strategic partnership between Croatia and Germany.