CEI PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKERS TO MEET IN GRAZ OCT. 24-25

( Editorial: --> 0947 ) STOCKHOLM, June 13 (Hina) - The Croatian National Parliament Speaker Vlatko Pavletic, who is attending a conference of European parliamentary presidents in Stockholm, on Saturday agreed on a conference of parliamentary presidents of the Central European Initiative (CEI), which should take place in Graz on October 24- 25. The parliamentary speakers of Croatia, Italy, Austria, Hungary and Poland on Saturday met for working breakfast and agreed on topics which are to be discussed at the conference. These include results in fighting organised crime, minimum parliamentary standards, parliamentary control over the rule of law and security in the region with emphasis on refugee problems. During Saturday's discussions at a meeting of parliamentary presidents of the Council of Europe countries, the issue of Cyprus caused a dispute following a statement by the Turkish Parliament Speaker and former foreign minister Hikmet Cetin who said that human rights on this island were being largely violated. The Cypriot representative Spyros Kyprianu responded by recalling measures on normalising the situation, introduced by the Cypriot authorities. According to Pavletic, all discussions contain a lot of specific problems which hamper the adoption of solutions. However, there is strong joint care for the institution of parliament as an expression of the will of people and its importance in the international community, Pavletic added. (hina) jn rml 131254 MET jun 98