CRO PRESIDENT HOLDS TALKS WITH AUSTRIAN COUNTERPART IN STRASBOURG

STRASBOURG $ STRASBOURG, Oct 10 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Friday morning held a meeting with his Austrian counterpart Thomas Klestil prior to the second Council of Europe summit being held in Strasbourg. Tudjman is at the head of a Croatian state delegation attending the Friday and Saturday summit of 40 Council of Europe member-countries. Tudjman and Klestil talked about further strengthening the already very good relations between Croatia and Austria, which are both interested in intensifying economic cooperation. As a Central European country and member of the European Union, Austria represents a very important factor for Croatia in its aspirations to be included in European integrations. (hina) ha 101133 MET oct 97