Croatia calls on the sides of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to refrain from any actions that may hinder the peaceful settlement of the conflict, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia Marija Pejcinovic Buric said.

A Turkish-flagged cargo ship was sinking off the Croatian coast on June 17 and its 13-member crew was being taken off with no pollution detected for now, the Croat transport ministry said, Hurriyet Daily News reported.

The third meeting of the Turkmen-Croatian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation has taken place in Zagreb, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Head of the State Protocol Department at the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Parvin Mirzazade has received the Charge d'Affaires of Croatia in Azerbaijan Refik Sabanovic, the Foreign Ministry said in a message on April 10.

Azerbaijan offers Croatia to establish joint enterprises for production of spare parts for shipbuilding sector, Azerbaijani Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said.

The Azerbaijani and Croatian foreign ministries have conducted political consultations.

Azerbaijan`s First Deputy Minister of Defense, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Colonel General Najmeddin Sadikov has taken part in the 4th Adriatic Sea Defense & Aerospace Exhibition, which took place in Split, Croatia.

Azerbaijan, which enjoys advantageous geographic location at a crossroads between East and West and developed transport infrastructure, may soon become a hub for export of Croatian production.

Azerbaijan, which is a regional leader in the ICT sector, intends to expand its international cooperation to further develop the sector.

Croatia is looking forward to transportation of Azerbaijan's natural gas to Balkan countries via Ionian Adriatic Pipeline, said Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who is on an official visit in Azerbaijan, as she met with SOCAR president Rovnag Abdullayev.