FOREIGN DELEGATIONS START TO PAY TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT TUDJMAN

ZAGREB, Dec 13 (Hina) - At the Presidential Palace where President Franjo Tudjman lies in state, special envoy of the United Nations Secretary General Jacques Paul Klein, a delegation of the Peoples Republic of China headed by Education Minister Chen Zhili, Macedonian Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski, Israeli Ambassador Nathan Meron, a delegation of Bosnia-Herzegovina headed by chairman of BH Presidency Ante Jelavic, paid tribute to President Tudjman on Monday. Turkish President Suleiman Demirel, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as well as delegations from Ukraine, Finland and Greece, are expected to arrive. Delegations from Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Austria, Italy and Slovenia, are to pay tribute before 11am. Delegations of the United Nations, Bosnia-Herzegovina, china, Ireland, Israel, Macedonia, Finland, new Zealand, Malta, and Ukraine, as well as representatives of the Central European Initiative arrived in Zagreb during Sunday afternoon. A delegation of the Russian Federation and former German foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Gensher, as well as Slovene Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek and foreign Minister Boris Frlec are still to arrive. (hina) it