BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4869

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4869 HINA Zagreb 19 February 2003PRESIDENT MESIC ENDS VISIT TO MOSCOWMOSCOW, Feb 19 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Wednesday afternoon ended his visit to Russia'a central federal district and left Moscow for Zagreb. Earlier in the day Mesic held separate talks with Russia's Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and Moscow's mayor Yury Lushkov. Ivanov and Mesic exchanged opinions regarding the Iraqi crisis and the current situation in the area of the former Yugoslavia. Mesic informed the minister about the situation in Croatia. Talks with mayor Lushkov focused on the consolidation of economic ties and trade. Accompanying Mesic was Economy Minister Ljubo Jurcic who today also held separate talks with an assistant to Russia's Transport Minister, Vyachaslav Ruksha, and the minister for emergency situations, Sergei Shoygu. The talks focused on the possibilities of involving Croatian shipyards into a major project aimed at modernis