SLOVENE MEDIA ON PRESIDENT KUCAN'S VISIT TO ZAGREB

LJUBLJANA, Nov 30 (Hina) - "Mission Impossible", or "Kucan to Zagreb - Kucan back from Zagreb" are headlines of commentaries in Slovene print media on the occasion of Slovene President Milan Kucan's working visit to Zagreb, and his talks with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic and Prime Minister Ivica Racan. Everything was concentrated around attempts to convince the Croatian side that it was necessary to end the process of signing and ratifying the border agreement at issue as soon as possible, which the Croatian parliament will discuss within relations of the two countries, the Slovene print wrote. Kucan did not manage to convince Croatian MPs and state authorities that continuing negotiations was outruled, and that the current draft agreement was good and balanced for both sides. The Slovene dailies also wrote that more would be known about the fate of the agreement after the Slovene foreign minister visits Zagreb next week. The Ljubljana daily "Delo", for example, claims that negotiations with Croatia will remain one of the biggest problems for the Slovene diplomacy regardless of who may be in power in Zagreb. "The right time for settling relations is yet to come", the daily wrote. (hina) np sb