CRO DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER RECEIVES POLISH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTE R

R ZAGREB, June 18 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Kresimir Cosic on Wednesday received a delegation of the Polish Foreign Ministry headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Eugeniusz Wyznewr, the Croatian Defense Ministry said in a statement. Cosic informed the Polish delegation about the implementation of the peaceful reintegration of Croatia's Danube region, pointing out that after the successfully held elections and the constitution of civil authorities, all conditions to terminate the military component of the UNTAES mandate had been created. Poland's deputy foreign minister gave credit to Croatia's peace policy and expressed hope for final stability in the region. Poland, Wyznewr said, saw in Croatia and important partner in the future, in the economic, political and military sense. During the talks satisfaction was expressed with the development of bilateral relations between the two countries, with a wish to expand relations in international military cooperation, on which the defense ministries of Croatia and Poland should reach a concrete agreement. (hina) ha jn 182050 MET jun 97