SANADER MEETS SLOVENE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL IN LJUBLJANA

ZAGREB, July 4 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader met Slovene Foreign Ministry Secretary Ivo Vajgl in Ljubljana on Friday, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. They discussed all relevant bilateral issues, trilateral initiatives, continuation of cooperation in multilateral organisations and European associations, and issues relating to the succession of the former Yugoslavia. Sanader and Vajgl expressed satisfaction with the progress of negotiations on the remaining outstanding issues, including borders, property relations and a free trade zone. After positive steps had been made by signing the Social Convention and the Agreement on Border Cooperation, they stressed that both sides should make additional efforts to further improve the currently very good relations. Sanader relayed to Vajgl a letter from Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic to Slovene Foreign Minister Zoran Thaler on bilateral and multilateral cooperation, the statement concluded. (hina) vm 041856 MET jul 97