BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3557

HR-COMMISSIONS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3557 BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3557HINA Zagreb 8 March 2000CROATIA HAILS OPENING OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION DELEGATION ZAGREB, March 8 (Hina) - European Commission commissioner for foreign affairs Chris Patten will on Thursday visit Croatia and open a Delegation of the European Commission in Zagreb, while the secretary-general of the Council of Ministers and high representative for joint foreign and security policy, Javier Solana, had to cancel his visit due to other responsibilities. Croatia deems this visit as an important step in the reaching of institutional relations and entry as a full member into the European Union, which is the strategic goal of the new Croatian government, and another confirmation of successful negotiations held by Prime Minister Ivica Racan and Foreign Minister Tonino Picula during their visit to Brussels, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. In this process we also hold as important the rec