CROATIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER

ZAGREB, Jan 25 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Thursday received Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Vacaroiu, the Presidential Office said in a statement. Tudjman said that today's visit strengthened traditionally friendly relations between the two countries which contributed to efforts aimed at ending the war and stabilizing relations in the entire region. "The greatest success of Croatian home policy is over 50 percent of privatized state ownership and the stable national currency, the kuna, which is a precondition to a successful economic development and good relations with international financial institutions. "As for the international position, we can say that it is firm on both European and international levels since Croatia maintains friendly relations with Germany, France and the United States," Tudjman said. The President stressed that Croatia's top priority was the implementation of the Washington and Dayton accords on the establishment of the Croat-Moslem federation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the reintegration of the Danubian region into the constitutional and legal system of the Republic of Croatia. The process of normalizing relations with Serbia, which guarantees the success of the peaceful reintegration, and the stability of relations with all countries in South-Eastern Europe would continue to have the support of the Croatian authorities. But Tudjman stressed that Croatia would not agree to any kind of new Yugoslav, Balkan, Adriatic or Eastern European unions. Vacaroiu informed the Croatian President about his meetings with senior government officials during his visit to Croatia, expressing satisfaction with their results. Vacaroiu relayed greetings from President Iliescu, expressing Romania's willingness to assist Croatia in the reconstruction process and in the implementation of the peace agreement. The Romanian Prime Minister expressed confidence that the establishment of peace and stability would bring the whole region closer to the community of developed countries. Both sides expressed a wish for the further promotion of traditionally friendly relations which could be an example of bilateral cooperation in the region. The Romanian delegation included Ambassador to Croatia Vasile Lece and other senior government officials. The Croatian side was represented by Foreign Minister Mate Granic, Economy Minister Davorin Stern, Presidential Economy Adviser Marko Skreb, Head of the President's Cabinet Gordan Radin, Ambassador to Romania Nikola Debelic, and the Head of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Central and Eastern Europe, Aleksandar Stipetic, the statement concluded. (hina) vm 252218 MET jan 96