SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT CROATIA ON MONDAY

GENEVA, Jan 26 (Hina) - Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti is to visit Croatia on Monday, January 29. He will be received by Croatian President Franjo Tudjman. The visit coincides with the OSCE "troika"'s visit to Sarajevo and possibly Belgrade. This year, the troika includes Switzerland, Hungary and Denmark. "The Swiss minister's visit to Zagreb points to a quality change in the relations between the two countries," Croatian Ambassador to Switzerland Zdenko Skrabalo said. At a recent meeting with Minister Granic in Strasbourg, Minister Cotti announced that Switzerland planned to cancel visa requirements for Croatian citizens in the near future, Skrabalo recalled. Cotti also said he would support the signing of two important bilateral agreements - on investment protection and on double taxation avoidance, according to Skrabalo. (hina) jn as 262029 MET jan 96