TUDJMAN MEETS A DELEGATION OF SARAJEVO HDZ AND OTHER CROATS

ZAGREB, Feb 15 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman today received a delegation of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party of Sarajevo and Croat representatives from the city, a statement from the President's Office said. The delegation included the secretary-general of the HDZ of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Pero Markovic, the deputy president of the HDZ of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tomislav Obrdalj, the head of the HDZ Sarajevo committee, Ivan Vidovic, other leaders of the HDZ of Sarajevo, Sarajevo Deputy Mayor Ante Zelic, Vencel Lasic and Vlado Raguz. The talks were attended also by the director of the "Hrvatska Rijec" firm, Ana Havel, and an editor of the "Hrvatska Rijec", Ivan Butkovic, who was an emigrant in Australia for many years. The delegates expressed support to Croatian policies and the gratitude of Croatian Sarajevans to President Tudjman. They warned that many Croats had fled Sarajevo, leaving only up to 30,000 Croatian citizens, who support the establishment of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and its confederation with the Republic of Croatia. Tudjman and the Sarajevo Croat delegation considered concrete questions in the creation of the Bosnian Federation. (hina) mar sd mms 151718 MET feb 95