President Ivo Josipovic on Tuesday arrived in Cetinje, Montenegro where he is to meet with President Filip Vujanovic at the start of a five-day Balkan tour during which he will officially visit Kosovo for the first time.
President Josipovic is to visit Montenegro, Macedonia and Kosovo where he will conduct talks with the highest state officials in those countries and confirm Croatia's support for European Union enlargement to all of southeast Europe and it is expected the talks will also refer to economic cooperation.
On Tuesday President Josipovic will travel to the Montenegrin capital Podgorica where he will speak with Parliament Speaker Ranko Krivokapic and Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic.
On Wednesday, he will visit the Croatian community in Donja Lastva and in the afternoon he is due in Macedonia for talks with his host, President Gjorge Ivanov.
Talks with Macedonia's Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski are scheduled for Thursday, as is a meeting with representatives of the Croatian community in that country.
During his first official visit to Kosovo, Josipovic is due to meet on Friday with President Atifete Jahjaga, as well as with Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Parliament Speaker Jakup Krasniqi. Talks with representatives of the Croatian community in Janjevo are also scheduled.
On Saturday, the last day of his visit, Josipovic will meet with Croatian troops serving with the NATO-led Kosovo Force and will visit Decani.
