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Good, high-quality step forward in relations between Serbia, Croatia this year

Belgrade/Zagreb, 30 April 2023

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said today in Zagreb that she wants the visits of officials from the two countries to be more frequent and that all open issues be discussed in the most rational way, on topics that are important for the future of citizens and the economy.

At the assembly of the Serbian National Council in Zagreb, Brnabic expressed her satisfaction that the leaders of the two countries managed to make a good and high-quality step forward in 2023, primarily thanks to Milorad Pupovac and Minister Tomislav Zigmanov, to whom she expressed her gratitude.

The Prime Minister welcomed the signed Declaration on the Cooperation of Serbs from Croatia and Croats from Serbia, which was signed by representatives of minority political parties in Serbia and Croatia in January of this year.

I sincerely hope that in this way a new dimension of cooperation has been opened that will give concrete results very soon, and perhaps my visit and stay in Zagreb today is precisely the concrete result of this, Brnabic stressed.

We expect political consultations between the ministries of foreign affairs of our two countries to take place this year, and we will work on that, the Prime Minister said.

Brnabic noted that today she had good and concrete discussions with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic regarding projects, such as the re-establishment of railway traffic between Belgrade, Zagreb and Ljubljana, and also, as she said, they touched on all open issues, no matter how difficult or emotional they are.

We talked about how to go about solving these issues, she underlined.

When it comes to the Serbian community in Croatia, the government of Serbia and President Vucic are deeply committed and care about that community feeling that it has all the help and support at all times, she said.

She stated that since 2016, from year to year, more and more financial investments have been made in the projects of the Serbian community in Croatia, stating that more than €6 million has been invested so far.

Additional aid was sent to Croatia in the amount of €2.5 million for remediation of the consequences of the earthquake, and additional aid was sent to the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia, Brnabic said and added that the doors of all institutions in Serbia, including the President, are open for dialogue with representatives of the Serbs in Croatia, but also of the Croats in Serbia.

According to her, our nations are directed towards each other and are and must be one of the most necessary guarantors of peace, stability and prosperity in this part of Europe.