CROATIAN PARLIAMENTARY REPS AT INT. MEETING IN MONTENEGRO

ZAGREB/SVETI STEFAN, June 14 (Hina) - Croatia was described as a leading country in the region in the legislation segment at an international meeting organised in Montenegro's Sveti Stefan by the Geneva-based Security Institute, Croatian representative Djurdja Adlesic told Hina on the phone. #L# Adlesic, the head of the parliamentary internal affairs committee, and Viktor Broz, the Croatian parliamentary delegation's representative to NATO's Assembly, represented Croatia. The two Croatian officials met representatives of the Croat ethnic community in Montenegro, who complained that they were neglected when compared to other Croats in Yugoslavia. Croats in Montenegro must declare themselves as Montenegrin Catholics, and they ask Zagreb to help them improve their position and get the status of an ethnic minority in Montenegro, Adlesic said. Adlesic announced that their problems would be discussed by the government's office for relations with Croats outside Croatia, which would be set up the following week. (hina) ms sb