Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor met on Thursday, the second and last day of her official visit to Egypt, with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss political relations between the two countries and ways of boosting economic cooperation.
"We have stated that political relations are excellent, to which President Mubarak's visit to Croatia last year has also contributed. Today we have discussed ways of improving economic cooperation," Kosor told reporters after the meeting.
PM Kosor informed President Mubarak that some 20 Croatian companies agreed on cooperation with Egyptian partners at a Croatian-Egyptian business forum held in Cairo on Wednesday.
The Croatian PM informed President Mubarak about the possibilities the Croatian seaports of Rijeka and Ploce could offer to Egyptian business people.
They also discussed possibilities of exporting Croatian products to Egypt, with Kosor presenting some 30 investment projects important to Croatia in the area of power industry, water management, tourism and transport infrastructure, worth EUR 14 billion in total.
Kosor said that some important agreements were signed, including an agreement on cooperation between the two governments in mine clearance and an agreement on cultural cooperation.
The PM informed the Egyptian president of the possibility for two Egyptian children - mine victims to undergo rehabilitation in Croatia and of Croatian companies specialising in mine removal.
The two officials also discussed relations in Southeast Europe, particularly the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia's support to the neighbouring country on the road to the EU.
Kosor said that Croatia appreciated very much Egypt's role in the promotion of peace and stability in that part of the world.
Croatia will complete its EU entry talks in 2011 and as the 28th EU member state, it will promote closer ties between the EU and Egypt, said Kosor.
