CROATIAN PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES CEFTA SUMMIT

PORTOROZ, Sept (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa on Friday addressed a two-day summit of prime ministers of Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) countries, who convened in the Slovenian town of Portoroz to discuss further liberalisation of trade in Central and Eastern Europe. Matesa said that the set parameters of Croatian economic growth would enable Croatia's full integration into European institutions. "Admission to CEFTA and the World Trade Organisation and consequently full membership of the European Union are the Croatian government's foreign policy priorities," he said. Matesa noted that admission to some multilateral and economic organisations was not always in conformity with the principles of which they were founded. (hina) vm mm 121838 MET sep 97