Authorized 88 countries will attend the inauguration of the President of Croatia

Nikolai Sokolov. The inauguration of the new President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic will be held on Sunday in Zagreb in the presence of authorized 88 countries.

The ceremony will begin at noon under the open sky on St. Mark's Square in the centre of the Croatian capital, the newly elected leader will take the oath and will deliver a speech lasting 15-20 minutes.

the event will be attended by the presidents of Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, the self-proclaimed Kosovo and the members of the Presidium (the collective body of the Board) of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Most intriguing are the visits of the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who will visit Croatia in the day, when obliged to begin the truce in the East of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Serbia Alexander Survived, which will arrive in Zagreb, despite a difficult relationship country pairs.

Serbia and Croatia are still experiencing the legacy of the war in the Balkans in 1991-1995, which was caused by the breakup of Yugoslavia. Belgrade and Zagreb, continue to bring each other different complaints, not so long ago accused each other of genocide and political leaders of the country pairs in practice are not exchanged visits. Croatian leaders, and among them, did not go to the inauguration of President Tomislav Nikolic of Serbia in June 2012.

Ex-foreign Minister, the Commissioner of the opposition conservative party, the Croatian democratic Union " 46-year-old Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic became the first woman President in the history of Croatia proclaimed independence in 1991. In the 2nd round of the presidential election eleven January she won the incumbent President Ivo josipovi? with a slight advantage in 1, 5% or 32, 5 thousand voices.

Grabar-Kitarovic conducted election campaign under the slogan " for the best Croatia ", sharply criticizing the economic policies of the government and the incumbent President, who was accused of lack of initiative to revive the economy.

Retiring Ivo Josipovic, backed by the ruling Social democratic party, in the 1st of a recent interview said that he would remain in politics.


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