CRO FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES WORLD BANK REPRESENTATIVES

( Editorial: --> 6053 ) ZAGREB, Mar 2 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic Monday received the World Bank director in charge of cooperation with Croatia, Arntraud Hartmann. A foreign ministry statement said Hartmann introduced Granic to the head of the World Bank office in Zagreb, Sados Sipos. Granic said central European and Euro-Atlantic integrations were the strategic priority of Croatia's foreign policy. Croatia expects the process of normalisation of relations with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to continue and strongly supports the peace process in Bosnia-Herzegovina based on the Washington and Dayton peace agreements, the foreign minister said. Hartmann acquainted Granic with the World bank's strategic aims and cooperation programme with Croatia in the next three-year period. Special interest was shown for pension and education system projects, and projects regarding power supply and road infrastructure. Sipos handed Granic a World Bank report on Croatia entitled "Croatia Beyond Stabilisation." (hina) ha jn 021744 MET mar 98