Beijing, April 1st—Chen Zhou, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today with Dario Mihelin, Croatian Ambassador to China. 

Chen gave a positive assessment of China-Croatia relations and inter-party exchanges. He expressed that China is willing to work with Croatia to further implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen friendly exchanges with major political parties of Croatia, continuously deepen political mutual trust, promote cooperation in various fields, and help develop state-to-state relations. 

Mihelin said, Croatia attaches great importance to promoting bilateral relations and Europe-China relations. The Croatian Embassy in China is willing to continue to support bilateral inter-party exchanges and help promote new achievements in the development of Croatia-China relations.