CROATIA'S AMBASSADOR GIVES LECTURE ON CROATIAN-BRITISH RELATIONS

LONDON, April 23 (Hina) - Croatia's ambassdor to Great Britain, Ante Cicin-Sain, visited the headquarters of the ruling Conservative party in London on Monday and delivered a lecture on bilateral political and economic relations between Croatia and the United Kingdom. Cicin-Sain had been invited by the party's Council for Foreign Relations and Commonwealth. Croatian-British relations improved in late 1993, which resulted in a marked increase in the volume of trade between the two countries, he said. But he added that there was a trade imbalance because of the insufficient export of Croatian products to Britain. Cicin-Sain said that direct British investment and the revival of the tourist industry in Croatia could have a positive influence on achieving a balance in overall Croatian-British economic relations. (hina) vm jn 231425 MET apr 96