CROATIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES "YTONG HOLDING" PRESIDENT

ZAGREB, March 22 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Friday received the Croatian Minister of Privatization and Property Management, Ivan Penic, the president of the Swedish company Yton Holding, Lars Sjoeborg, and the president of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Nadan Vidosevic, the Presidential Office said in a statement. Tudjman congratulated Sjoeborg on his courage and faith in Croatia when, at the time of Serbian aggression, he had decided to invest in cement industries in Pula and Split. Tudjman proposed that Sjoeborg and his partners continue investing in the Croatian economy, especially in the construction industry and tourism, which was accepted with pleasure. Also present at the meeting were Presidential Chief of Staff Ivo Sanader, Head of the President's Cabinet Gordan Radin, Dalmacijacement Management Board member Mattias Sjoeborg and Yton Holding representative for southeastern Europe Jasminko Hodzic, the statement concluded. (hina) ha 221300 MET mar 96