PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL LABOUR REPRESENTATIVES

ZAGREB, Nov 5 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman today received representatives of international labour organisations and national trade unions from 21 countries, who are attending a congress of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Croatia. President Tudjman said the creation of an independent and democratic Croatia had created favourable conditions for the unimpeded work of labour organisations. Croatia supported a political settlement of the crisis in former Yugoslavia and the establishment of a new world order in the region, President Tudjman said. "We want to normalise relations with all nations and states emerging from former Yugoslavia, including Serbia, but on the basis of mutual recognition," he said. President Tudjman said the reintegration of occupied areas under Croatian rule would enable Croatia to focus on its internal development. He said Croatia was considering rejecting another UN mandate on its land if Serbs did not agree to a peaceful reintegration of occupied areas. Discussing the agenda of the labour congress, President Tudjman referred to ownership transformation and privatisation. He said Croatia's labour legislation, when passed, would conform to the highest international standards. He dwelt on the results of the stabilisation scheme, particularly the inflation decrease and the stable national currency. Union chief Dragutin Lesar presented President Tudjman with a cassette of the Croatian Labour Anthem. (hina) as sd 051525 MET nov 94