PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT'S CHIEF-OF-STAFF SEND MESSAGES TO PRESIDENT TUDJMAN

PRESIDENT TUDJMAN ZAGREB, 18 Nov (Hina) - The President of the Croatian Parliament, Vlatko Pavletic, on Monday sent a message to President Franjo Tudjman, stressing that the President's stay in the United States, where he is undergoing additional medical examinations 'really worried all those who know how much Croatia's future depends on your recovery'. 'The Croatian Parliament and citizens feel in this moment their deepest loyalty and readiness to participate to the very end in the implementation of your and our historic project - that of the independent, free and democratic Croatia', Pavletic said in the letter. The President's Chief-Of-Staff Hrvoje Sarinic also sent a letter to President Tudjman on behalf of all officials and employees with the President's office. Sarinic expressed the warmest wishes for President Tudjman's speedy recovery and return. 'I am convinced that you will show again to the world your great strength and your strong and unbreakable will thanks to which you created our dear and our only Homeland', Sarinic said. (hina) rm mm 182013 MET nov 96