BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4539 HINA ZAGREB, FEBRUARY 23

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4539 HINA ZAGREB, FEBRUARY 23 CRO. PRESIDENT SAYS CROATIA HAS INTERESTS OUTSIDE EUROPEZAGREB, Feb 23 (Hina) - Croatia has interests outside Europe, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said in Zagreb on Saturday summing up results of his ten-day long Asian tour. "Croatia is interested in entering Europe and developing relations with the European Union. Europe is uniting and Croatia wants to take part in this. But, our interests are outside Europe as well", Mesic told reporters assessing the results of the Croatian state and economic delegations' visits to Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Stressing an interest in developing economic relations with these countries, Mesic said Croatia offered cooperation in shipbuilding, manufacturing industry and the use of ports through which countries of Southeast Asia can access the large European market. Speaking about some good experiences in countries he visited, Mesic stressed Croatia mu