GOVERNMENT AND FISHERMEN'S REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET ON MONDAY

ZAGREB, July 7 (Hina) - Prime Minister Nikica Valentic and several ministers in the Government will meet with fishermen's representatives on Monday. As Prime Minister Valentic told today's session of the Croatian Government, the meeting will attempt to resolve the major problems of the marine fishing, including the recent increase in fuel prices, which triggered this week's fishermen's protests in all Croatian ports. "When it has been proved that the Government's decision (to increase the prices) was wrong, the Government is going to put the matter right, but it will not change the basic principles of its policy," the Prime Minister said. "If the fishermen prove that their businesses will really fail because of the new fuel prices, we are going to find some solution, but within the system," he stressed. Minister of Transport Ivica Mudrinic called on the fishermen to suspend the protests and wait for the Monday meeting. 071956 MET jul 94