CEI SUMMIT IN SARAJEVO ENDS

( Editorial: --> 4675 ) SARAJEVO, Nov 29 (Hina) - A summit of the Central European Initiative (CEI) member-countries ended in Sarajevo on Friday with the adoption of a final document and the Sarajevo Declaration and plan of action for next year. The CEI is the oldest regional organisation in Europe which is to be chaired by Croatia next year. Among delegations of 16 European countries, there was the Croatian delegation headed by Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa and Foreign Minister Mate Granic. Matesa said when Croatia took over chairmanship over CEI, it would advocate the complete implementation of the summit's strategic goals. "Croatia has always presented itself as a central European country and we want to be a part of these activities. The possibility of Croatia chairing such an organisation, since its gaining of independence, will show that our wished are deeply founded," Matesa said. He said Croatia, together with Italy and Austria, would propose some new possibilities of cooperation between the CEI and the European Union. Co-chairman of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Council of Ministers, Haris Silajdzic, described the CEI summit as very successful. He stressed that all participants had expressed full support to the implementation of the Dayton Agreement and maintenance of Bosnia- Herzegovina as an integral state, as well as readiness to continue helping for this goal to be realised and the reconstruction of Bosnia-Herzegovina to be accelerated. During the two-day summit in Sarajevo, Matesa and Granic had held many bilateral talks with premiers and foreign ministers participants of the CEI summit. Matesa described as very positive Saturday's bilateral meetings with the premiers of Slovenia, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Belarus. "A number of further activities has been agreed on, especially with Slovenia and Macedonia, as well as Bulgaria, which Croatian President Franjo Tudjman will visit next year," Matesa said. ¸He added he had informed the Austrian Chancellor, Victor Klima, about Croatian views on Bosnia-Herzegovina, and had explained what led Croatia to draw up an agreement on special relations with Bosnia-Herzegovina. Matesa also informed Klima about the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area. Granic held talks with deputy to the High representative in Bosnia- Herzegovina, Jacques Klein, about a conference on the implementation of the Dayton Agreement which is to take place in Bonn, about humanitarian problems and issues concerning the crossing of borders. (hina) lm jn 291810 MET nov 97