SLOVENE, CROATIAN COMMITTEES FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS START TALKS

LJUBLJANA, Feb 6 (Hina) - A delegation of the Croatian Parliament House of Representatives Committee for Foreign Affairs, headed by the Committee's president Zarko Domljan today arrived for a one-day official visit to Ljubljana, Slovenia. The visit of the Croatian delegation is the first one after a three-year freeze-up of relations between the committees for foreign affairs of the two parliaments, caused by a decision of the Slovene Parliament to adopt an election law which included four Croatian villages - Skrilje, Skudelin, Mlini and Buzin - into the Slovene territory. #L# The Croatian delegation was received this morning by the president of the Slovene Parliament, Jozef Skoljc. After the reception, members of the two parliamentary committees held talks behind closed doors. The talks were aimed at improving the already good relations between the two countries, and the contentious issues should be dealt with in peace and without haste, the Croatian delegation said. The two delegations would also discuss property and legal relations, cooperation between border towns, trade, relations with international associations and organisations, performance on third markets as well as the question of borders. (hina) rm mm 061243 MET feb 96