ZAGREB, June 12, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic formally opened the Office of the Foundation of the Sarajevo Archdiocese in the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar on Friday, saying that Croatia's relationship with Bosnia and Herzegovina was very important to his government.
"We have considerably increased funds for specific projects including education, healthcare, culture, and the economy. We have increased trade and intensified our relationship with Bosnia and Herzegovina by opening two consulates, offices of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, a broadcasting organization, and have improved transport connectivity," Plenkovic told the press after the opening ceremony.
"All this helps strengthen the status of the Croats as an equal constituent people in Bosnia and Herzegovina," he stressed.
The Archbishop of Sarajevo and president of the foundation's board of directors, Cardinal Vinko Puljic, said: "We have opened the foundation here to make it easier for benefactors to invest funds that can be controlled." He added that the foundation would work transparently and that it would be clear at all times what the money was being invested in.
"The foundation will be an encouragement to our survival and our future in Bosnia and Herzegovina," the cardinal said.
The foundation was established in Vukovar in February as a not-for-profit humanitarian organization to carry out projects in Croatia and the Sarajevo Archdiocese.
