CROATIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS POLISH COUNTERPART IN WARSAW

WARSAW, March 18 (Hina) - The Foreign Ministers of Poland and Croatia, Dariusz Rosati and Mate Granic, met in Warsaw on Tuesday. Rosati told reporters after the talks that Poland would support Croatia in its efforts to enter European structures. Granic said that the two countries would continue a joint dialogue on security issues and the expansion of NATO, of which both countries would like to become members. Granic said that they discussed the political situation in southern and southeastern Europe, and the relations between the two countries, which he described as very good. Granic announced that Poland would participate in a Zagreb trade fair this autumn as a guest partner, and that Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski was expected to visit Croatia later this year. According to well-informed sources, Poland and Croatia could sign a free trade agreement in September, during the Zagreb trade fair. Thus Poland would be the first member of the Central European Free Trade Association (CEFTA) to sign such a bilateral agreement with Croatia. Later on, Granic met for talks with the Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the State Treasury, Miroslaw Pietrewiez. (hina) vm jn 182018 MET mar 97