COOPERATION POSSIBILITIES FOR CROATIA AND HUNGARY AND VERY GOOD

BUDAPEST, March 22 (Hina) - Possibilities of cooperation between Croatia and Hungary are very good, Croatian national Parliament President Zlatko Tomcic said after Wednesday's talks with Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martony in Budapest. Recapitulating the results of the visit of a Croatian parliament delegation to Hungary, Tomcic said that during talks with Martony, and during talks with other senior officials in Hungary, a very high degree of agreement had been voiced on Hungary's support to Croatia in integration processes. Tomcic stressed both sides had expressed the wish for maintaining their national and state identity in European integration processes. "We wish to enter the European Union with our authenticity as countries of Central Europe," he said. He also pointed out the need for further work on the mutual protection of national minorities in both countries. Martony said the main topics of talks had been connected with international political issues, especially with Croatia's accession into the Partnership for Peace Programme and NATO, as well as possibilities of Croatia's joining the EU. All Hungarian officials stressed the strategic cooperation between the two countries would in the future be supplemented with new content and stimulation. (hina) lml mm