US DIPLOMAT AND LEADERS OF CROATIAN 'OPPOSITION SIX' HOLD MEETING

ZAGREB, July 8 (Hina) - A special advisor to the President and the State Secretary of the United States for issues of Kosovo and the implementation of the Dayton Accords, James F. Dobbins, on Thursday held a meeting with Croatia's Opposition Six in Zagreb and stressed that the most important American interest in Croatia is the continuation of the democratic progress of this country. This was the first visit to Croatia of Ambassador Dobbins who succeeded the former U.S. envoy for the conduct of the Dayton deal, Robert Gelbard. After the meeting Dobbins told reporters that his country would follow the developments with great interest. The co-ordinator of the Opposition Six, the leader of the HSLS (Croatian Social and Liberal Party, Drazen Budisa, said the presidents of all six opposition parties (of the HSLS, the Social Democratic Party or SDP, the Liberal Party or LS, the Istrian Democratic Alliance or IDS, or the Croatian People's Party or HNS or the Croatian Peasants' Party or HSS) had expressed concisely their opinions about the developments in Croatia and about the country's international standing, while Dobbins conveyed the bases of the American policy toward Croatia. (hina) jn ms