CROATIAN GOVT OFFICIALS MEET ECHO CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR

ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - The head of the Croatian Government Office for Refugees and Displaced Persons, Minister Adalbert Rebic, today met the chief administrator of the Brussels-based European Union Humanitarian Office (ECHO), Valeriano Diaz, a Croatian Government statement said. They discussed a Croatian government request that the European Union buy some of the food in Croatia which would be sent as humanitarian aid to displaced persons and refugees in Croatia. This request was also the subject of separate talks this afternoon between Diaz and Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Kostovic. Diaz told Hina that the EU would not object to buying some products in Croatia but it would insist that the food meet high- quality standards. (hina) mm vm 152034 MET mar 95