PORGES RECEIVES HEAD OF JAPANESE CREDIT-RATING ASSESSMENT AGENCY ( Editorial: --> 0889 )

( Editorial: --> 0889 ) ZAGREB, 14 Nov (Hina) - Croatian Economy Minister Nenad Porges and his associates on Friday held talks with the general director of the leading Japanese agency for credit-rating assessment Japan Bond Research Institute (JBRI), Ryori Saito, the Economy Ministry said in a statement. A report on Croatia's credit-rating, which is to be drawn up by JBRI experts on the basis of gathered data, will determine the conditions under which Croatia, its economic subjects and business banks will be granted loans on the Japanese financial market. Porges informed Saito about the situation in and prospects of the Croatian economy as well as about the measures the Croatian government is taking within its medium-term economic policy, the statement said. (hina) rm 141531 MET nov 97