CRO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT BUDAPEST WEDNESDAY

ZAGREB, 14 Oct (Hina) - Croatia's Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader is to visit Budapest on Wednesday. He is to hold return working consultations with the officials of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. #L# Sanader and his host, Matyas Eorsi, political state secretary with the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, are to discuss the bilateral cooperation, the course of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube river region, and the return of displaced Croats and Hungarians. The talks are also to tackle the development of cooperation within Central-European associations - the Central European Initiative, which Croatia is to chair next year, and the Central European Free Trade Association (CEFTA). Sanader and his hosts are to discuss the signing of a free trade agreement and the admission to Euro-Atlantic political, economic and security systems. The Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister will also meet with the president of the Parliament Committee for Foreign Policy, Istvan Szentivany, and visit the Croatian education centre in Budapest and the World Administration of Croats in Hungary, the statement said. (hina) rm 141358 MET oct 97