A photo exhibition entitled „Images of Croatia” was opened January 15, in the building of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of the twenty-first anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Hungary and Croatia. The exhibition will also be displayed at other venues in the country.

Administrative State Secretary Iván Bába pointed out in his opening speech that Croatia was about to complete its long accession process as a result of which it would join the European Union as of July 1 this year. He stated that the photo exhibition was particularly timely since the ’Year of Central Europe’ initiative has been launched on the occasion of Hungary taking over the Presidency of the Central European Initiative and, later this year, of the Visegrád Cooperation.

Gordan Grlic Radman, Ambassador of Croatia in Hungary, recalled that one of the first European states to recognize the independent Croatia was Hungary and that the country provided valuable support for Croatia at accession talks, especially during the period of Hungarian EU Presidency.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)