ZAGREB, 22 May (Hina) - Croatia's President Franjo Tudjman on Wednesday received John Kornblum, aide to the U.S. Secretary of State for Europe and Canada, a statement from the President's Office said.
ZAGREB, 22 May (Hina) - Croatia's President Franjo Tudjman on
Wednesday received John Kornblum, aide to the U.S. Secretary of
State for Europe and Canada, a statement from the President's
Office said. #L#
President Tudjman expressed satisfaction with the course of
the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area,
particularly with the efficiency of the Temporary Administrator of
the area, General Jacques Paul Klein.
The two sides expressed determination to fully implement the
Dayton peace agreements, especially the agreement on the
strengthening of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The talks stressed the necessity of organizing Mostar
elections and general Bosnian elections in time and in line with
the peace agreement.
Kornblum stressed Croatia's positive role at a meeting of the
Forum for the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina held recently in
Washington.
President Tudjman expressed satisfaction with the fact that
the partnership between Croatia and the United States would be
confirmed and strengthened on the economic plane as well. The
forthcoming visit of the U.S. Finance Minister Kantor to Croatia
would contribute to the intensification of that partnership,
President Tudjman said.
Today's meeting between President Tudjman and Mr Kornblum was
attended by Foreign Minister Mate Granic, Defence Minister Gojko
Susak, Ambassador to the United States, Miomir Zuzul, President
Tudjman's advisor on foreign affairs, Zeljko Matic, and the head of
the President's military cabinet, Lieutenant General Miljenko
Crnjac.
The U.S. delegation included the U.S. Ambassador to Croatia,
Peter Galbraith, Colonel Robert Lowe and Major Joseph Pritchard of
the Defence Secretary Office, and James Swigert, Rosemarie Pauli-
Gikas and Elisabeth Prior of the State Department.
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