PRESS CONFERENCE OF CROATIAN WORLD CONGRESS

ZAGREB, July 3 (Hina) - The newly elected leadership of the Croatian World Congress led by chairman Simun Sit Coric held a press conference today in Zagreb after a three-day meeting of the Congress. About 400 Croats from 30 countries participated in the meeting. The Congress will continue its previous activities and it will pay special attention to Croats in South America who are the poorest Croatian emigrants, said Coric. "We will request the Croatian Parliament that it should find a way in which Croatian emigrants could make their proposals to the Parliament," said Coric. He told journalists that Croatian emigrants will do everything they can for the benefit of their country. Talking about the number of Croatian emigrants, Coric said that between 3 and 4.5 millions Croats live abroad. "The most important thing is that we managed to gather Croats from many countries and that we elected capable people to executive committees and leadership of the Croatian World Congress," concluded the chairman of the Congress at today's press conference. 031900 MET jul 94