Iran’s FM Spokesman Confers With Croatia’s Muslim Leader

Tehran, April 19, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast conferred latest regional and international developments with Head of Islamic community on Croatia Mufti Sevko Omerbasic in Zagreb Wednesday. Mehmanparast and Omerbasic also discussed the situation of Muslims in Europe and Croatia. “Islamic community of Croatia will do its best to show the real face of Islam to the European community; the exchange of views among the Iranian and Croatian Muslim researchers and thinkers is a very helpful action in development of relations,” the head of the Islamic community on Croatia expressed. Mehmanparast for his part pointed to his visit to Zagreb Islamic center and praised the center for its activities and its role in expansion of communication among Muslims in this region. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman had also a meeting with Ms. Mirjana Mladineo, Adviser on Foreign Policy to Croatia's President and emphasized need for expansion of relations between the two countries in Zagreb Wednesday. “Iran with its great civilization and history is an important country of the world and Croatia is keen to develop relations with Tehran,” Mladineo said. Iranian spokesman asserted that Tehran welcomes the expansion of relations with Croatia in all fields including the fields of media and tourism. Iran and Croatia established diplomatic relations on April 18, 1992 when Iran became the 7th country to recognize the newly-independent Croatia. Croatia has an embassy in Tehran and Iran maintains an embassy and a cultural centre in Zagreb.