ZAGREB AND LJUBLJANA CONDUCT MEETING FOR ZUZUL-RUPEL MEETING

ZAGREB, Jan 12 (Hina) - Croatia and Slovenia are conducting serious preparations for a meeting between the two countries' foreign minister which will take place in Zagreb on Friday, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.#L# Croatian Minister Miomir Zuzul and his Slovene counterpart Dimitrij Rupel will discuss Croatia-Slovene relations. This will be their first meeting since Zuzul stepped into office. On the margins of the international Bertelsmann forum in Berlin last week, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and Slovene President Janez Drnovsek said Croatia and Slovenia did not wish to worsen bilateral relations and added they would try to find solutions in a peaceful and good-neighbourly atmosphere. (Hina) it sb