BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3349 HINA ZAGREB, AUGUST 8

HR-military games BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3349 HINA ZAGREB, AUGUST 8 SAMARANCH VISITS PRESS CENTRE OF 2ND WORLD MILITARY GAMESZAGREB, Aug 8 (Hina) - The President of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, on Sunday afternoon toured the press centre of the Second World Military Games, located at the Zagreb Fair (ZV). I am very happy to be in Croatia again, said Samaranch adding that it was his tenth visit to this country. "This means that Croatia is very important in the world sport and that it has long tradition and reputation of an excellent organiser of great sports events, from the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, the International University Games and the 1990 European Championships in Athletics, and now the World Military Games which commence today, he added. The IOC President pointed to very good ties with the international council for military sport (CISM). We absolutely support military sport since it considerably contributes to peace as one o