ZAGREB, July 3, 2019 – German Ambassador to Croatia Robert Klinke made his inaugural visit to Vukovar on Tuesday where he met with Mayor Ivan Penava and later with young people from the German towns of Geisa and Vacha who are currently visiting Vukovar as part of an exchange programme.
We spoke about Vukovar as a European town and I am very pleased to see that here too young people have an excellent role, representing the town’s development potential. These young people from Germany have come here to develop friendly dialogue, and that means respect and understanding that is turned to the future, Klinke said.
Mayor Penava said that he and Ambassador Klinke discussed Vukovar’spast, present and future.
We had the opportunity to reflect on our long history, culture and tradition but also on all those things that signify us today like the Homeland War and the immense destruction which can still be felt in the economy and jobs in Vukovar. We also discussed the town’s prospects and potential for future investors that we would like to see in the town, Penava told reporters.
Penava said the youth exchange programme had been implemented since 2014 between Vukovar and Geise and Vach with the participation of Vukovar’s Franciscan monastery and religious communities from the two German towns.
Ambassador Klinke was later received by County Prefect Bozo Galić.
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