ZAGREB, 17 June 2022 - PM Andrej Plenković and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu agreed on Friday that the two countries share the view about the importance of the full equality of Bosnia and Herzegovina's three constituent peoples and of closer relations between Croats and Bosniaks in the country's Federation entity.
The Croatian prime minister and the visiting Turkish minister discussed security-related topics, energy challenges and the economic cooperation between Croatia and Turkey, as well as the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
"Croatia and Turkey share the view about the importance of the full equality of the three constituent peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as of the need to strengthen relations between Croats and Bosniaks in the Federation entity. In that context, the existing trilateral format, at the level of the foreign ministers of Croatia, Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina, should be used as an important diplomatic tool to deepen the Croat-Bosniak dialogue in BiH and help settle outstanding issues," the government said in a statement.
The two officials expressed satisfaction with the traditionally good political relations between Croatia and Turkey, as well as their ambition to further increase trade, which now amounts to one billion US dollars.
