SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY OPENS IN DUBROVNIK

( Editorial: --> 4603 ) DUBROVNIK, Oct 1 (Hina) - A two-day international meeting on diplomacy in transition countries opened at the Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik on Thursday. The seminar has gathered about 70 representatives from 13 member- countries of the Central European Initiative (CEI) as well as from the Council of Europe, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain. "The scheduled topics indicate that we are aware of the professionalisation of the foreign diplomatic service but also of its further advancement", said Vera Tadic, Croatian Foreign Minister's envoy at the seminar. It is because of this that Croatia established a Diplomatic Academy in June of 1995, which is developing a successful cooperation with similar international insitutions, Tadic added. The seminar, organised by the Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy in cooperation with the Inter-University Centre, will focus on the exchange of experience and information. The meeting is also to propose the establishment of a diplomatic education network, which would serve for gathering all relevant information from the area of diplomacy via the Internet. (hina) rml /sp 011346 MET oct 98