President Mesic very satisfied with European Commission’s opinion

Stuttgart, Germany, April 20 - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic commented the conclusions of the European Commission's opinion on Croatia's application for membership in the European Union: "the positive avis means that Croatia has done everything it was expected to do".

He voiced confidence that Croatia would obtain candidate status and a date for the start of accession talks at a meeting of the Council of Ministers.

"... We only have to continue doing what we have been doing so far. There is not a single condition that is put before Croatia and I believe that we can start the negotiations in June. We can be very satisfied. Europe is integrating and we want to take part in that process. I believe that we will achieve our strategic goals", Mesic said.

President Mesic is visiting Stuttgart at the invitation of the prime minister of the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Erwin Teufel.