CENTRAL BANK REPS DEPART TO ATTEND IMF & WORLD BANK ASSEMBLY

( Editorial: --> 4960 ) ZAGREB, Oct 2 (Hina) - A delegation of the Croatian National Bank (HNB) on Friday departed Zagreb to attend the annual International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank assembly in Washington. The HNB delegation, which includes governor Marko Skreb, his deputy Zdravko Rogic, and deputy manager for relations with international financial institutions Nina Srkalovic, is accompanied by representatives of the Ministry of Finance. According to a HNB statement, during the stay in Washington, the Croatian delegation is to have several meetings with IMF and World Bank representatives in charge of monitoring economic and financial occurrences in Croatia and the realisation of concrete cooperation programmes. Also envisaged are talks with representatives of several world banks, credit rating agencies, as well as the exchange of experiences with monetary and financial policy top officials from other countries. (hina) ha 021252 MET oct 98