SPANISH MP'S VISIT CROATIAN NATIONAL PARLIAMENT

( Editorial: --> 2986 ) ZAGREB, May 11 (Hina) - Spain is following the process of reconstruction in Croatia with special interest and wishes to help as much as possible, Spanish parliamentarian Jose Luis Lopez Henares said in Zagreb on Monday. Lopez Henares is heading a Spanish parliamentary delegation which on Monday held talks with the House of Counties Speaker Katica Ivanisevic. We have come here to see developments of that process, not only as Spaniards, but as Europeans, who are strongly interested in the peace and security of this area, stressed Henares, who is the leader of the delegation of the International Affairs Committee. Henares is also the president of the Commission for Foreign Affairs in the Spanish Senate. Ivanisevic said that the Spanish delegation were informed of the situation in Croatia, both during the war and today. The Spanish delegation also held talks with members of the Croatian parliament Foreign Policy Committee. Reintegration of the Croatian Danube River region on January 15 was not the answer to all problems, said Zarko Domljan, president of the Foreign Policy Committee. Along with physiological and social problems, which the international community insists upon, one should also consider financial, cultural, traffic and other problems, Domljan added. This afternoon, members of the Spanish delegation will hold a meeting with parliamentary party leaders and delegates from the association of families of imprisoned and abducted Croatian war veterans "Vukovar Mothers". (hina) dgr/rm 111411 MET may 98