PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RECEIVES BOSNIAN FEDERATION GOVT. REPS

( Editorial: --> 7481 ) ZAGREB, April 16 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Friday received a delegation of the Bosnian Federation government. The delegation consisted of Prime Minister Edhem Bicakcic, ministers Mirsad Sakic and Nikola Antunovic and the Bosnia- Herzegovina Ambassador to Croatia, Hasan Muratovic. The talks focused on the course of talks on the regulation and intensifying of economic cooperation between Croatia and the Bosnian Federation, as well as on the preparations for economic and trade agreements to mutual benefit. Tudjman reiterated Croatia's determination to implement the Washington and Dayton agreements and added that dialogue was necessary for mutually acceptably agreements aimed at creating a high quality coexistence between Croats and Bosniacs in the Bosnian Federation. Tudjman also stressed that the signing of an agreement on special relations between Croatia and the Bosnian Federation was necessary as soon as possible, in line with the Washington and Dayton agreements. (hina) lm 171304 MET apr 98