CENTRAL EUROPEAN INITIATIVE MEMBER-STATES MEET IN SPLIT

( Editorial: --> 4122 ) SPLIT, April 2 (Hina) - Ambassadors - national coordinators from 16 countries of the Central European Initiative (CEI) started a working meeting in Split on Thursday. The meeting is chaired by Croatia. An ambassador in the Croatian Foreign Ministry and national coordinator in the CEI, Mirjana Mladineo, said the two-day meeting would be dedicated to discussing joint projects of CEI member countries and relations with other associations and organisations on the international level. The CEI is cooperating with the European Union, Council of Europe, Organisation for Cooperation and Security in Europe, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and other organisations. During the first day of the meeting, coordinators will discuss transition projects and the implementation of the Sarajevo declaration. Participants in the meeting will also discuss preparations for a meeting of political directors of foreign ministries of CEI member- countries, to be held in Sofia on May 22, as well as a meeting of CEI foreign ministers in Brijuni on June 5 and 6 and a meeting of CEI premiers and foreign ministers in Zagreb on November 20 and 21. (hina) rm 021040 MET apr 98