Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said in Vukovar on Friday that "Croatia is a law-based state and the government, the State Prosecutor's Office and all institutions must protect the state's interests."
She was asked by the press to comment on the Dajla case and the Vatican's lawsuit against a Croatian Justice Ministry decision on the return of this parish's property to the state.
Croatia-Vatican relations are excellent and Croatia "is still filled with joy and encouragement after the Holy Father's visit" in June, said Kosor.
Responding to questions from the press, Kosor said she sent a couple of letters to President Ivo Josipovic requesting that they begin talks on the appointment of new ambassadors.
Kosor said she also suggested to Josipovic that the Defence and National Security Council should meet soon, and that she expected the president to take a position on several laws, including on defence and foreign affairs.
Kosor went on to say that her HDZ party would present its election platform when the time came and the parliamentary election campaign began.
"The opposition are waiting for us to present our platform so they can collect something and release it," she said, adding that now it was important for the government members to do their job and that they would do so until the election later this year.
In Vukovar's Borovo Naselje neighbourhood, Kosor opened works on a complex of indoor swimming pools which the government is financing with HRK 51 million from the Vukovar Reconstruction and Development Fund. Construction is to be completed in two years.
Kosor said the government had invested HRK 225 million in development projects in Vukovar over the past six years.
She also visited the Borovo factory and the Homeland War Memorial Centre opened in 2007. Since then, it has been visited by more than 100,000 people, including members of foreign military schools.
