CROATIAN PRIME MINISTER CONCLUDES TWO-DAY VISIT TO POLAND

WARSAW, July 10 (Hina) - A delegation of Croatian government officials and business people, headed by Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa, concluded a two-day official visit to Poland on Wednesday. The Croatian delegation on Wednesday visited the Polish Chamber of Commerce where they met its president Andrzey Arendarski and about 50 business people for talks on economic cooperation between the two countries. Polish business people showed interest in cooperation in the areas of agriculture, shipbuilding, energy, the pharmaceutical industry and the tourist trade. Croatian Economy Minister Davor Stern held separate talks with leaders of the Polish Ministry for Foreign Trade. Assistant Privatization Minister Damir Ostovic and representatives of the Pliva pharmaceutical company, the Podravka food-processing company and the Croatian Shipbuilding company conferred with officials of the Polish Privatization Ministry. Croatian delegates said that Podravka was thinking of establishing a plant in Poland and that Pliva was interested in buying shares of Polish pharmaceutical companies. Croatian Assistant Foreign Minister Hido Biscevic met for talks with Wojciech Lamentowicz, an assistant minister at the office of the Polish president. Biscevic repeated an invitation from Croatian President Franjo Tudjman for Polish Predident Alexander Kvasniewski to visit Croatia. (hina) vm jn 101825 MET jul 96