CROATIAN PRESIDENT MAY VISIT SLOVENIA BY END OF YEAR

( Editorial: --> 6723 ) LJUBLJANA, Aug 28 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman may visit Slovenia by the end of the year if all agreements reached at the recent meeting between Slovene and Croatian foreign and economy ministers are realised, Croatian Ambassador to Croatia, Ivica Mastruko, told the Slovene television on Friday. Asked whether the agreements from the meeting in Mokrice would be influenced by local elections in Slovenia coming up soon, Mastruko said he did not believe that would be the case. If states waited for elections to pass every time, negotiations would be impossible, he said. Mastruko said there was a possibility that an arbitration for the dispute regarding the Krsko nuclear power plant could be in an advisory and consultative form, rather than classic arbitration. However, he added, in case the two countries agree on arbitration, they must sign an agreement and appoint an arbiter whose decision would be accepted. (hina) lml 282252 MET aug 98