CROATIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATOR

( Editorial: --> 8707 ) ZAGREB, Dec 16 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman received the UN transitional administrator for eastern Croatia, William Walker, on Tuesday. According to a statement of the President's Office, both parties positively assessed the activity of the National Committee for the restoration of trust, and expressed satisfaction with the fact that the UNTAES mandate will successfully end on January 15, 1998, as one of the most successful UN missions ever. President Tudjman said the Croatian government will, even after the UNTAES leaves, continue with the policy which brought to a successful termination of the peaceful reintegration of the Danube river region of eastern Croatia. Also present at the meeting were the President's chief of staff Hrvoje Sarinic, the president of the National Committee, Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, the President's advisor for foreign affairs, Neven Madey, Walker's deputy Souren Seraydarian and advisor Michael Hryshchyshyn. (hina) ha jn 161222 MET dec 97