PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RECEIVES CHIEF OF EU MONITOR MISSION

ZAGREB, July 4 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Monday received the Chief of the EU Monitor Mission, Joachim von Stuelpnagel, and the Mission's political advisor, Heinrich Haupt, said the President's office. The talks focused on the Mission's tasks in the current situation. President Tudjman expressed the hope that the Monitor Mission would continue forwarding objective reports on the situation in Croatia to the European Union. Ambassador Stuelpnagel stressed that the Mission's activities were based on the principle of neutrality, but that did not mean restraint when the principles of European civilisation and democracy were at stake. He confirmed that the EU Monitor Mission would correctly perform its task, said the statement. 041458 MET jul 94