CROATIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MEETS SLOVENE OMBUDSMAN

( Editorial: --> 0187 ) ZAGREB, June 10 (Hina) - The Croatian National Parliament Speaker Vlatko Pavletic on Wednesday held talks with the Slovene ombudsman Ivan Bizjak. Bizjak also held talks with his Croatian counterpart Ante Klaric. This is the first bilateral meeting between the Croatian and Slovene ombudsmen. During their talks, Bizjak and Klaric agreed that ombudsmen in Croatia and Slovenia encountered problems similar to those in developed countries as well as some specific problems, such as the problem of citizenship. They stressed the importance of exchanging information and experience. During the meeting with the Slovenian official, Parliament Speaker Pavletic spoke about differences between the two countries, caused by the war in Croatia. Today's talks were also attended by the president of the Parliament Committee for Human and Minority Rights, Miroslav Kis and Slovenia's Ambassador Bostjan Kovacic. The Croatian and Slovene ombudsmen also held talks with the President of the Croatian Constitutional Court, Jadranko Crnic. (hina) rml 101350 MET jun 98