AMBASSADOR ZUZUL, MARTIN LUTHER KING AWARD WINNER, HOLDS PARTY

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Hina) - On the occasion of receiving the Martin Luther King Foundation award, Croatia's Ambassador to the United States, Miomir Zuzul, on Sunday held a party for about 70 politicians, businessmen, other public figures in Washington and diplomats. This was an occasion for the meeting of Croatia's friends and supporters including Leon Fuerth, an advisor on national security to the U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Ambassador Thomas Patric Melady, the chairman of the American-Croatian society, a former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith and others. Ambassador Zuzul had an opportunity to represent his young country and set standards for the work of their diplomats. He has set them very high, said Leon Fuerth on this event. In Washington on Sunday, the Martin Luther King Foundation award was conferred on several people including General Colin Powel, a former commander of the joint headquarters of the U.S. Army, and German Ambassador to the United States Juergen Chroborg, besides Croatian diplomat Zuzul. At their own wish in order to express gratitude for long and successful cooperation, the string quartet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed a concert during the party in the Croatian Embassy. They played works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claude Debussy, Antonin Dvorak, Scott Joplin as well as of a Croatian author, Luka Sorkocevic. (hina) ms