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Moshe Katsav, president of Israel, left and Croatian president Stjepan Mesic listens the national enthems during their meeting in capital Zagreb on Friday July 11, 2003. During the 3-day visit to Croatia , Moshe Katsav will go to Dubrovnik and a WW II concentration camp of Jasenovac.(AP Photo/Hrvoje Knez)

July 11, 2003.
MESIC, KATSAV ATTEND CROATIAN-ISRAELI BUSINESS FORUM
Presidents Stjepan Mesic and Moshe Katsav on Friday held speeches
at the opening of a forum of Croatian and Israeli business people
at the Croatian Chamber of Economy, saying that there were great
possibilities of enhancing bilateral economic cooperation.
President Mesic said that there were no open issues between
Croatia and Israel and that the legacy of the past no longer
burdened bilateral ties, adding that the two countries had already
signed numerous bilateral agreements. President Katsav described
relations between the two countries as friendly and expressed
hope that Israel could be a very good partner of Croatia. He
also met with representatives of the Croatian Jewish community
on Friday and expressed satisfaction with the position of Jews in Croatia.