CRO DELEGATION AT WTO CONFERENCE HOLDS NUMEROUS BILATERAL TALKS

( Editorial: --> 5260 ) GENEVA, May 20 (Hina) - The Croatian delegation which is participating at the Second Ministers' Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva, held a series of bilateral talks. Economy Minister Nenad Porges, who is leading the Croatian delegation, on Wednesday had talks with his Slovenian counterpart Marjan Senjur. They discussed the application of a free trade agreement, which is not yet ratified, but has been exercised since January 1 this year. Porges also met with Estonian Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Algimantas Rimkunas and Latvian State Secretary Janis Vanangs, as well as Polish counterpart Janusz Steinhoff. (hina) jn mrb/ha 201634 MET may 98