INA'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY

ZAGREB, Dec 28 (Hina) - The Croatian oil company INA celebrated today its 30th anniversary in the presence of Croatian Premier Nikica Valentic, the Parliamentary President Stipe Mesic and other distinguished personalities. In his address, the general manager of INA Dr.Franjo Greguric recalled the development of this biggest Croatian firm and its position in the country's economy. He also recalled the constant pressures of Belgrade on INA and the attempts to weaken its economic position. "The prices of our own oil and gas were always lower than of the imported products in the former Yugoslavia, and it is estimated that in that way in Croatia's income was reduced by some US$ 470 million in the last three decades," Greguric said. INA's general manager also said that a part of Croatia is still under occupation with all the consequences such a state brings. In connection with that he said that the Croatian citizens of Serbian nationality living in the occupied parts of Croatia were offered to open petrol pumps and sell gasoline and other INA products in the same way as in other parts of Croatia, but that they did not encounter positive response. 282151 MET dec 93