TARSCHYS: COOPERATION WITH CROATIA REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS IS GOOD

( Editorial: --> 8719 ) STOCKHOLM, Feb 1 (Hina) - Croatia has been faced with many issues after the war, especially regarding refugees and freedom of the media, but has already achieved a certain progress in those fields, Council of Europe Secretary General Daniel Tarschys told Swedish radio Eko Saturday. Asked to comment on a statement by Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic, who said Croatia was an "exemplary democratic country", Tarschys said it was in general difficult to find such a country today, but that Croatia's cooperation with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in implementing Council of Europe regulations on the protection of human rights was good. (hina) ha 011944 MET feb 98