PRESIDENT TUDJMAN LEAVES FOR PARIS

( Editorial: --> 6373 ) PULA, July 8 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Wednesday morning left for Paris, where he will attend the Croatia- France match in the semifinals of the world football championship. "It will surely be a good match - France is among the most elegant players in Europe and has been cast as a favourite for the championship," Tudjman said. "For Croatia, it is a great success to have reached the semi-finals and to be among the four best teams in the world," he said. "I wish much success to our football heroes but they have already achieved a great victory for the Croatian football and Croatia as a whole," President Tudjman said. The President's chief-of-staff Hrvoje Sarinic, Croatian Information Service director Miroslav Sarinic also left for Paris with President Tudjman. (hina) as 081735 MET jul 98