CROATIAN PREMIER HOLDS TALKS WITH UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

ZAGREB, June 5 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa, on Thursday morning held talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Genadi Udovenko on political, economic and cultural cooperation between the two countries. After the Zagreb talks, Matesa said he had accepted an invitation of Ukrainian Prime Minister to visit Kiev officially, and announced that visits of businessmen of the two countries would be soon exchanged. The Ukrainian minister confirmed that he had conducted open talks with Croatian Premier on all forms of the cooperation between the two countries and added that there were great possibilities of furthering relations in the economic field. Matesa announced that Croatia and Ukraine would continue talks on important economic treaties such as free trade zone and foreign investment protection contracts. (hina) jn mš 051248 MET jun 97