Today's Date:

President Mesic, [handwritten:] Dear Friend,

On the occasion of your re-election as President of Croatia, I am delighted to extend to you my sincere congratulations and wish you success in the high office which has been entrusted to you.

I express the wish that your new mandate will allow us to pursue our joint efforts to strengthen the relations between our two countries and progress Croatia's membership of the European Union.

Rest assured in this respect that you will always find in me an interlocutor keen to work towards bringing our two countries and our two peoples closer together.

(complimentary close) [Handwritten:] Kindest regards./.