PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RETURNS FROM PORTUGAL

( Editorial: --> 9680 ) ZAGREB, June 8 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman Monday returned from a visit to Lisbon, where he held talks with Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio and attended the Expo 98 world exhibition. "I attended the Croatian Pavilion Day at the Expo world exhibition in Portugal which, according to the general assessment of domestic and foreign common people and experts, was the most successful one", the President told reporters at Zagreb's Pleso airport. "Of the 160 countries Croatia is the first as regards content and beauty. We can be proud, and all of us who visited (the exhibition) are satisfied with what we saw", Tudjman said. "I held talks with the Portuguese President and invited him to officially visit to Croatia, which he accepted, while I was invited to make an official visit to Portugal", the President said, emphasising the talks had been very useful. The Croatian delegation Tudjman headed in Portugal included Culture Minister Bozo Biskupic, Economy Minister Nenad Porges, Tourism Minister Sergej Morsan, the President's advisor for foreign affairs Neven Madey, and the head of the President's cabinet Gordan Radin. (hina) ha jn 081325 MET jun 98