PRESIDENT TUDJMAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO AMBASSADORS TO GREECE, B ULGARIA

ULGARIA ZAGREB, June 25 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Wednesday presented credentials to the Croatian Ambassador to Bulgaria, Mate Mestrovic, and Croatian Ambassador to Greece, Djordje Pribicevic. #L# The people of Bulgaria and Croatia had been developing cultural relations since last century, Tudjman said, adding that in its relations with Bulgaria, Croatia also found important the fact that both countries shared the same neighbouring country. Speaking about the importance of relations between Greece and Croatia, Tudjman said that Greece, as a member of the European Union, was especially interested in road connections with western Europe. "In the period of solving the crisis in the region of former Yugoslavia, Greece was very rational and, notwithstanding its traditional relations with Belgrade, it treated Croatia very fairly," Tudjman stressed, adding that Croatia's relations with Greece were important for the development of tourism. Present at the ceremony were the President's Chief-of-Staff Hrvoje Sarinic, Foreign Minister Mate Granic and head of the President's cabinet, Gordan Radin. (hina) lm 251153 MET jun 97