DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS CANADIAN POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

( Editorial: --> 1749 ) ZAGREB, March 23 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader met a group of Canadian political scientists in Zagreb on Monday. The main topic of the meeting was Croatia's strategy in the areas of domestic and foreign policy. After the successfully completed reintegration of the Croatian Danube River region, Croatia was turning towards its internal economic development and towards increasing the standard of living of its citizens, Sanader said. In its foreign policy, Croatia was committed to establishing good neighbourly relations and entering Euro-Atlantic associations, he added. Croatia would continue to support the consistent implementation of the Washington and Dayton agreements, Sanader said, adding the idea of the Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on the demilitarisation of Bosnia-Herzegovina was another confirmation of Croatia's efforts aimed at stabilising Bosnia-Herzegovina and the region of the former Yugoslavia. (hina) mm rm /mb 231821 MET mar 98