(Adnkronos) – Italy and Croatia are “friendly countries” and Adriatic neighbours which are steadily enhancing their cooperation and “excellent” bilateral relations, foreign minister Gordon Grlic Radman said at a joint business forum in Zagreb on Tuesday.
“This forum is a reflection of our excellent bilateral ties. Such relations definitely form a good basis to keep on strengthening our economic cooperation,” Radman said.
Radman was addressing the Croatia-Italy business forum also attended by his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani.
Representatives of Italian airline ITA, state export credit agency Sace, service provider Simest, state lender CDP are also attending the forum as Rome seeks to boost bilateral trade now worth over 8 billion euros annually with a positive trade balance for Italy, the foreign ministry stated.
‘We are opening a new chapter in relations and we are improving our cooperation every year”, said Radman.
Italy and Croatia are “friendly countries that are lucky enough to share a geopolitical space as well as the Adriatic Sea, where we are the main stakeholders,” Radman added.
Croatia’s government is keen to further boost Italian investments in the country and is constantly seeking to improve the legislative framework, he stated.
