A truck carrying ten tons of mandarins from Opuzen arrived in Vukovar at the end of this week.

The Prefect of Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Nikola Dobroslavić, handed over the mandarins to Franjo Orešković, the Deputy Prefect currently serving as the Prefect of Vukovar-Srijem County.

'This is a goodwill gift symbolizing friendship and partnership with Vukovar-Srijem County in Croatia's far east. During the Homeland War, we shared a similar fate, and today we cooperate with Vukovar-Srijem County in many fields,' said Prefect Dobroslavić.

'Although we are Croatia’s two most distant counties, we are very close when it comes to being humane,' said Orešković, who presented Prefect Dobroslavić with a plaque from Vukovar-Srijem County in recognition of 15 years of mandarin donations.

The donation was forwarded to Caritas of the Vukovar Deanery, which supports a large number of those in need in the Vukovar-Srijem County area.