CRO PRESIDENT RECEIVES CREDENTIALS FROM MACEDONIAN AMBASSADOR

ZAGREB, June 18 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Tuesday received credentials from the first Macedonian Ambassador to Croatia, Servet Avziu. "The efforts of our countries for peace and stability in this region and our aspiration towards integration into European and Euro-Atlantic structures represent a firm basis for spreading and deepening cooperation between our two countries", Avziu said. "There are few such peoples so close in their general aspirations as the Croat and Macedonian", Tudjman said. Even though the Croats did not belong to the Balkans, but the Mediterranean and Central Europe, Croatia would not only normalize but also develop overall relations, particularly with Macedonia, thus contributing to the strengthening of peace in the region, President Tudjman said. (hina) ha mm 181925 MET jun 96