PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RECEIVES BOSNIAN FEDERATION REPS

ZAGREB, 17 Oct (Hina) - The Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Friday received Mijo Brajkovic, personal envoy of the President of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina in charge of economic cooperation with Croatia, and Franjo Greguric, Croatian President's representative for relations with the Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina, a statement from the President's office said. #L# President Tudjman welcomed Brajkovic's appointment as personal envoy of the President of the Federation for economic relations with Croatia, stressing that economic ties between Croatia and the Federation represented a precondition for the implementation of the Washington Agreement. Brajkovic and Greguric informed the President about the already completed as well as about future projects of cooperation and linking between Croatia's and Federation's economic subjects. Present at the meeting were also Defence Minister Gojko Susak and presidential advisors Pero Jurkovic and Ivic Pasalic, as well as Croatia's consul general in Mostar, Ciro Grubisic. Brajkovic was accompanied by Bozo Raic, president of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Dragan Covic, president of the HDZ in Mostar. (hina) rm 171541 MET oct 97