HUNGARY CAN HELP CROATIA IN ITS APPROACH TO EU - MINTAS-HODAK

ZAGREB, March 1 (Hina) - Hungary can help Croatia not only with the adjustment of legislation to European Union standards, but also to determine a plan of activities in the process of approaching European associations, the Croatian European Integration Minister, Ljerka Mintas-Hodak, told a press conference in Zagreb on Monday. Mintas-Hodak held the conference after talks with a delegation of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's State Secretariat for Integrations which arrived today for a two-day visit to Croatia. The head of the Hungarian delegation Arpad Gordos said that the purpose of the visit, which was scheduled a month after the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Croatia, was the strengthening of regional cooperation, including relations with Europe. We are ready to share our impressions, experiences and insight with the Croatian Government, and we believe the cooperation would be of benefit to both Croatia and Hungary, Gordos said. The Hungarian Foreign Ministry's State Secretariat for Integrations is Hungaria's main body for conducting negotiations and adjustments of activities necessary for the country's joining the European Union. During its two-day visit to Croatia, the delegation will inform its hosts about political cooperation between the European Union and Hungary, the European agreement, the adjustment of their legislative system with the European law, coordination inside of the government in the process of European integrations, as well as communication strategy for informing citizens. (hina) it/lml