CRO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS EUROPEAN COMMISSION TRAINEES ( Editorial: --> 0612 )

( Editorial: --> 0612 ) ZAGREB, Nov 13 (Hina)- A Deputy Croatian Foreign Minister, Ivo Sanader, on Thursday received a group of 100 trainees of the European Commission, who were on a study tour in Croatia, the foreign ministry said in a statement. Addressing the trainees Sanader said that one of priorities of the Croatian foreign policy was the bid for joining EuroAtlantic integration processes adding that in the next period, after the successful completion of the UNTAES mandate to be on 15 January 1998, full attention would be dedicated to this aim. It was very important for Croatia to resume soon negotiations on an agreement on cooperation with the European Union and on inclusion into the PHARE programme, Sanader added. (hina) jn mš 131925 MET nov 97