PRIME MINISTERS OF COUNTRIES BORDERING WITH FRY MEET IN BULGARIA

HISAR, Jan 22 (Hina) - Prime Ministers of seven countries bordering with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa and high representatives of NATO and the European Union, are discussing the situation in the region and the implementation of the Stability Pact in Bulgarian spa Hisar on Saturday. Prime ministers of Croatia, Macedonia, Hungary, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Albania and Bulgaria, as well as the European Union High Representative for Foreign Policy and Safety, Javier Solana, and NATO Assistant Secretary General Sergio Balanzino, arrived in Hisar on Friday. The first, unofficial part of the meeting started on Saturday morning. The participants exchanged opinions, said the Croatian Assistant Foreign Minister and national coordinator of the Stability Pact, Vladimir Drobnjak. Two topics dominated the discussion; the situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia particularly the strengthening of the Opposition in Belgrade and the evaluation of efficiency of sanctions imposed on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Some countries believe that sanctions suit rather than harm Milosevic's regime. In the second part of informal meeting, the prime ministers and national coordinators should discuss the Stability Pact. This meeting aims at the exchange of ideas on how to continue after the Kosovo crisis and how to work on the democratisation of the region, Bulgarian Prime Minister Ivan Kostov said at the opening of the meeting. This is the first time that we try to find solutions to problems rather than name the problems, he added. The meeting in Hisar, which was agreed on by the prime minister at the Central European Initiative summit in Prague in November, has no official agenda. Most of the talks will be conducted on Saturday. 8hina) it