CROATIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES ROMANIAN AMBASSADOR

ZAGREB, Sept 12 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Friday received the newly-appointed Romanian Ambassador to Croatia, Constantin Ghirda, who presented his credentials. Ghirda said that Croatia and Romania, as Central European countries bordering the Balkans, were factors of peace and stability in this part of Europe and that they were both set to enter Euro-Atlantic institutions. The Romanian ambassador said that the relations between the two countries were good but that still not all possibilities of cooperation had + been used, particularly in the economic field. Tudjman said that Croatia highly appreciated Romania's position since the establishment of Croatia as an independent state. He said that the two countries could contribute to the establishment of a new international order in this crisis region. (hina) vm jn 121514 MET sep 97