CROATIAN PREMIER AND FOREIGN MINISTER ARRIVE IN SARAJEVO

( Editorial: --> 4457 ) SARAJEVO, Nov 28 (Hina) - A high ranking Croatian delegation headed by Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa and Foreign Minister Mate Granic arrived in Sarajevo on Friday where they will take part in a two-day conference of Central European Initiative (CEI) member countries. Upon arrival at the Sarajevo airport, Matesa and Granic held talks with the highest ranking officials of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Matesa is also expected to hold talks with prime ministers of Slovenia, Austria, Belarus and Ukraine. Granic will attend an informal meeting of CEI member countries' foreign ministers. At the summit of the CEI, which is to be chaired by Croatia next year, a discussion is to take place on the role of this organisation in the strengthening of human rights and democracy, the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and European integration processes. At the plenary session on Saturday, participants are expected to adopt a document entitled the "Sarajevo Declaration" which should present a CEI development strategy in the 21st century. The summit will also be attended by delegations of the European Union, Council of Europe, OSCE, European Reconstruction and Development Bank, European Investment Bank, South East European Cooperative initiative (SECI) and regional groups of Baltic and Black Sea countries. (hina) lm jn 281521 MET nov 97