CROATIA & TURKEY SIGN SCIENCE COOPERATION PROTOCOL

( Editorial: --> 7268 ) ANKARA, April 16 (Hina) - Croatia and Turkey signed a Protocol of Cooperation in Science and Technology, in Ankara on Thursday. The document was signed by Croatian Science and Technology Minister Ivica Kostovic and his Turkish counterpart Rustu Kazim Yucelen. Present at the official event were also assistant for international science cooperation Radovan Fuchs, head of the department for bilateral cooperation Vinko Purgar and the Croatian Ambassador to Ankara, Ivica Tomic. The high Croatian delegation today met with the chairman of the Turkish Higher Education Council, Kemal Guruz, then with the president of the Turkish Scientific Research Council, Dincer Ulku. During these meetings it was agreed that the protocol signed today would give a new incentive to the development of relations and cooperation between the two countries, especially in the area of science. Kostovic and his team visited the Turkish Tourism Ministry during the afternoon, where they discussed cooperation possibilities in tourism. (hina) mrb/rm 161758 MET apr 98