CROATIA'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER ON VISIT TO BUDAPEST

BUDAPEST, June 16 (Hina) - Croatian Science and Technology Minister Ivica Kostovic arrived in Budapest on Monday to sign an agreement on the mutual recognition of school certificates and diplomas. Kostovic will sign the agreement in the afternoon with Hungarian Education and Culture Minister Balint Magyar. In the morning, Kostovic met the Vice President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Atila Harmati and visited a scientific institution. Kostovic is accompanied by Assistant Minister Radovan Fuchs, Ambassador to Hungary Zdenko Skrabalo and the head of the Department for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Science and Technology, Aasef el Rushaidat. (hina) vm 161136 MET jun 97