Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic arrived in Venice on Thursday afternoon for a trilateral meeting with his Italian and Slovenian counterparts, Enrico Letta and Alenka Bratusek respectively, on possibilities for enhancing regional cooperation following the recent admission of Croatia to the European Union.
The conference called "Coasts, Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation Between Italy, Croatia and Slovenia" is being held in the seat of the Giorgio Cini Foundation in a renaissance palace on the islet of San Giorgio Maggiore.
The three premiers are also expected to discuss the financial crisis, youth unemployment as well as a disputable terminal for LNG which Italy intends to build in the Bay of Trieste near the border with Slovenia, while the government in Ljubljana finds this project unacceptable.
Milanovic and Bratusek held a similar trilateral meeting with Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymannin in Graz on 23 August.
