President of Croatia to visit Scottish Parliament
16 October 2007
The President of Croatia, His Excellency Stjepan Mesić, will visit the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 18 October 2007.
The President will meet Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson MSP, and a formal reception will follow to mark the President’s visit to the Scottish Parliament.
This is President Mesić’s second visit to Scotland while in office. On his first visit to the Scottish Parliament in December 2001, Mr Mesić addressed a meeting of Members.
Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson MSP said:
"We look forward to welcoming the Croatian President back to the Scottish Parliament.
"The President has a very full agenda planned for his trip to Scotland, which demonstrates the growing relationship between our two countries.”
Background information
In addition to visiting the Parliament President Mesić will meet with the First Minister and officially open the new Honorary Consulate of Croatia in Edinburgh.
He will also address an economic seminar on investment opportunities and the development of Scottish-Croatian business cooperation.
Media attendance
Media wishing to cover the President’s visit should contact Kallon Basham in the Media Relations Office on 0131 348 6088 or kallon.basham@scottish.parliament.uk.
Photography
Photographs of the visit will be available by contacting Andrew Cowan in the Media Relations Office on 0131 348 6269 or andrew.cowan@scottish.parliament.uk
For further information, the Scottish Parliament media contact is:
Kallon Basham: 0131 348 6088
RNID Type talk calls welcome
Email: kallon.basham@scottish.parliament.uk
For public information enquiries, contact: 0131 348 5000
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email: sp.info@scottish.parliament.uk
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