ZAGREB, February 15, 2018 - Serbia is marking Statehood Day on Thursday and among the congratulations sent to the state leaders, Belgrade media highlighted Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović's note to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and her hope that this will be a year of advanced bilateral relations and dealing with outstanding issues.
"I hope that in the year ahead we will work together to advance bilateral relations between our two states and find ways, together with our governments, to resolve the key outstanding issues which have been burdening us for too long," Grabar-Kitarović said in her note.
Wishing Serbia and its citizens well-being and prosperity, she underlined that cooperation between Croatia and Serbia, as two neighbours, had special significance for all of Southeast Europe.
"Croatia will continue to share its experience from the European integration process and support Serbia on the demanding journey to European Union membership and a common European future," the note said, according to a press release from Vučić's office.
