On Tuesday 14 January, Foreign Minister Steinmeier will meet Vesna Pusić, his Croatian counterpart, for talks at the Federal Foreign Office.

Besides discussing bilateral relations, Steinmeier and Pusić will focus during their meeting on the regional development of the Western Balkans, especially regarding the EU enlargement process, their visions for the EU’s future, as well as international issues.

The German-Croatian Forum is also being held at the Federal Foreign Office today. The Forum brings together representatives from the political and diplomatic spheres, as well as from civil society, to exchange views on deepening the relations between Germany and Croatia and on ways to jointly strengthen the European Union. Foreign Minister Pusić and the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Michael Roth, will conclude the event with some closing remarks.

For more information on the German-Croatian Forum, please visit

www.diplo.de/German-Croatian Forum