Press Release: Eighth meeting of the Accession Conference at ministerial level with Croatia, Brussels, 2 October 2009

The eighth meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference with Croatia at Ministerial level was held today in Brussels, following the start of the negotiations on 3 October 2005. The European Union delegation was headed by Carl Bildt, Sweden's Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Croatian delegation was led by Gordan Jandroković, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. The Conference, which is the fruit of extensive work
over several months, dealt in total with eleven chapters and represented a crucial step in Croatia's accession process.