ZAGREB, 7 Nov (Hina) – Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in Budapest on Thursday that the outcome of the US presidential elections should be respected and that cooperation with the future US administration should be developed.

“We must respect the results of the US elections and establish cooperation with the future administration,” Plenković said in Budapest, which is hosting a summit of the European Political Community (EPC).В Trans-Atlantic relations after the election of Donald Trump as the 47th US president is one of the main topics on the summit’s agenda.

Plenković made a brief comment on the government crisis in Germany after Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the leader of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), a junior partner in the ruling coalition, which paves the way for early parliamentary elections.

“Germany is a strong democracy and a strong economy. They will find a way to fix this situation,” said the Croatian PM.

Scholz did not come to Budapest due to developments in his country.

European leaders, including most members of the European Union and the NATO secretary-general, who arrived in Budapest on Thursday, expressed a readiness to cooperate with US President-elect Donald Trump and the new US administration. They emphasised that Europe should take on its part of responsibility for its own destiny and should maintain unity.