ATHENS, Nov 24 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on +Tuesday held talks with Greek parliament president Apostolos +Kaklamanis.+ A great level of agreement was achieved between Croatia and Greece +with regard to the situation
in the region, traditionally a crisis +point, President Tudjman said on the second day of his visit to +Greece.+ "We had barely managed to calm the situation and come closer to a +solution for Bosnia-Herzegovina, when we were faced with a serious +crisis in Kosovo," said Tudjman, adding the latter crisis could +have a serious aftermath unless the international community urged a +peaceful solution.+ The Croatian President presented his Greek host with a crystal +Vucedol Dove, the symbol of Vukovar, the eastern Croatian war +martyr town.+ Kaklamanis presented Tudjman with a Greek parliament gold medal, +and asked him to send an invitation to a Croatian parliament +d
ATHENS, Nov 24 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on
Tuesday held talks with Greek parliament president Apostolos
Kaklamanis.
A great level of agreement was achieved between Croatia and Greece
with regard to the situation in the region, traditionally a crisis
point, President Tudjman said on the second day of his visit to
Greece.
"We had barely managed to calm the situation and come closer to a
solution for Bosnia-Herzegovina, when we were faced with a serious
crisis in Kosovo," said Tudjman, adding the latter crisis could
have a serious aftermath unless the international community urged a
peaceful solution.
The Croatian President presented his Greek host with a crystal
Vucedol Dove, the symbol of Vukovar, the eastern Croatian war
martyr town.
Kaklamanis presented Tudjman with a Greek parliament gold medal,
and asked him to send an invitation to a Croatian parliament
delegation to visit Athens.
Before his talks with the president of the Greek parliament,
President Tudjman laid a wreath at the grave of the unknown hero,
and accompanied by a representative of the Greek Culture Ministry
visited the Acropolis, the most well-known ancient monument.
Tudjman is heading a high-ranking Croatian delegation on a three-
day visit to Greece. Yesterday, he held talks with Greek President
Constantinos Stephanopoulos and Premier Kostas Simitis. Tomorrow,
he is meet Stephanopoulos again.
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