CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS CHILEAN PRESIDENT

ZAGREB, May 2 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic, currently visiting Chile, told Croatian television Monday night the most important part of his visit to Chile was "the meeting with the president of Chile, who is a great friend of Croatia and who supported Croatia while he was a senator." Chilean President Eduardo Frei "showed great interest in the situation in Croatia, particularly in the peace process, in economic cooperation with Croatia and Croatia's integration into all processes in the European Union, the Council of Europe, and international financial institutions," Granic said. He added he had delivered to the Chilean president an official invitation to visit Croatia, which he had accepted with pleasure. 022151 MET may 94