CRO PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR ATHENA

ZAGREB, August 7 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Wednesday flew to Athena at the invitation of Greek Premier Konstantinos Simitis for talks with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Before departure, Tudjman told reporters at the Zagreb Pleso airport that the Dayton Agreement had brought a cease-fire. "From then until now an intense diplomatic-political activity has been going on on all levels, from the European Union to the U.S. in order to create bases for peace and future stability of the new international system", Tudjman said, pointing out that "the most important issue in this regard is the normalization of relations between Croatia and Serbia, that is Yugoslavia, which is the aim of the visit". Tudjman stressed that Greece contributed to a fast normalization of these relations because of its ties to Europe from the very beginning. Accompanying the Croatian President to Athena are Foreign Minister Mate Granic, his Deputy Ivan Simonovic and the President's Advisor for Foreign Affairs Zeljko Matic. 071054 MET aug 96