ITALIAN AMBASSADOR VISITS PULA

PULA, Apr 1 (Hina) - Italian ambassador to Croatia Paolo Pensa and Italian consul Gianfranco de Luigi on Friday visited Pula, where they talked about the status of the Italian minority with the Prefect of the County of Istria, Luciano Delbianco. "The status and the rights of the Italian minority have been very well regulated by the recently adopted County Statute," Deputy Prefect Loredana Bogliun-Debeljuh told Ambasador Pensa. Bilingual documents and the possibility of granting Italian citizenship to members of the Italian minority were also discussed. The meeting was attended by MPs Furio Radin, Dino Debeljuh, Ivan Pauletta, and the head of the town's Italian Community, Romano Franolli. Ambassador Pensa announced he would meet with Minister of the Interior Ivan Jarnjak next week to discuss the Italian citizenship issue. 012044 MET apr 94