President Petur Stoyanov met Croatian President Stipe Mesic who was on a two-day working visit in Bulgaria. The two presidents discussed the situation in the region. Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan will pay an official visit to Bulgaria by the end of the year was announced after the meeting. A Bulgarian economic delegation departs for Croatia, where it will continue talks on the agreement on trade liberalization between the two countries. The agreement is expected to be signed during the visit of Prime Minister Ivica Racan to Sofia.