CROATIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES CHINESE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER

ZAGREB, Oct 9 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman received Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Zhang Deguang in Zagreb on Thursday, the President's Office said in a statement. Informing the President about the talks he had held with Croatian officials, Deguang stressed China's support for the successful and speedy completion of the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube region. Tudjman welcomed the constructive and positive role that China, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, played in solving the crisis in this part of Europe. Noting the good political relations between the two countries, Tudjman and Deguang stressed their mutual desire for further development of economic and cultural cooperation, for which they said there were many possibilities. Also attending were Presidential Chief of Staff Hrvoje Sarinic, Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader and Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Neven Madey, the statement concluded. (hina) vm 091400 MET oct 97