CROATIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS WITH GERMAN OFFICIAL

ZAGREB, Oct 1 (Hina) - A Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister, Ivo Sanader, on Wednesday held talks with the president of Germany's academy for security policy, Guenter Joetze. Sanader and Joetze exchanged opinions on a new security order in Europe and on the strategy for the expansion of the NATO and the European Union. They agreed that political, security and economic integration processes should be open to cooperation with all fledgling democracies. According to a statement issued by the foreign ministry, Sanader informed the German guest of the current political developments in the country and of the last stage of the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube area. Sanader said that the Croatian Government firmly abode by its decisions and agreements that help achieve the final goal of restoring Croatian rule in the eastern part of the country. Regarding the course of the peaceful reintegration until now, the Croatian Government made a report on the implementation of the Letter of Intent forwarded the UN Security Council, he added. According to him, since Tuesday Croatian laws, the Constitution and Constitutional laws have been in force in the Danube area on the ground of an agreement on reintegration of the Croatian judiciary. Joetze said that Croatia was a key factor for security in the region and voiced hope that by the successful and due completion of the UN mandate in the Danube area, Croatia would continue walking on the path toward integration into political and security EuroAtlanic systems. (hina) jn mš 011858 MET oct 97