CROATIA SATISFIED WITH COOPERATION WITH UN'S LIAISON OFFICE

( Editorial: --> 3287 ) ZAGREB, Jan 9 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader on Friday received the outgoing chief of the UN's Liaison Office in Zagreb, Ambassador Aleksandar Lebedev, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "The successful termination of the UNTAES mandate is the result of joint efforts by the Croatian Government and the United Nations", said Lebedev. He also acquainted Sanader with the reorganisation of the UN's Liaison Office in Zagreb. Sanader was satisfied with the successful cooperation with the office and with all UNTAES office workers. Croatia will continue to take an active part in strengthening the peace process in Bosnia-Herzegovina through a consistent implementation of the Washington and Dayton peace agreements, and will intensify efforts to access Central European and European- Atlantic institutions, the deputy foreign minister said. (hina) ha mm 091337 MET jan 98