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HINA Zagreb, November 23, 1998+TUDJMAN & STEPHANOPOULOS DISCUSS CROATIAN-GREEK RELATIONS+ATHENS, Nov 23 (Hina) - Relations between Croatia and Greece are +friendly, but possibilities of cooperation in all fields have been +insufficiently taken advantage of, the Presidents of Croatia and +Greece, Franjo Tudjman and Constantinos Stephanopoulos +respectively, said in Athens on Monday.+ "We greatly respect the role Greece had in resolving the (former) +Yugoslav crisis. Greece and Croatia are border countries in the +restless Balkans, and we will continue cooperating to contribute to +alleviating the current crisis points, such as Bosnia-Herzegovina +and Kosovo are still in part," President Tudjman said after the +talks.+ He pointed out that Croatian culture, and Croatian history in good +part, were based on the foundations of ancient Greece, adding the +Greek people's fight for freedom in