JAPANESE PLANT CHERRIES IN CROATIA

PETRINJA, Mar 17 (Hina) - A Japanese delegation from Miyami on Monday visited Petrinja, 50 km to the south-east of Zagreb, liberated in summer 1995, for the second time this year. The Mayor of Petrinja Josip Dolenec and colleagues agreed with the delegation cooperation between elementary and high schools and kindergartens of Petrinja and Miyami. The children should correspond and nurture pen friendship. In Petrinja's old gardens, representatives from the two towns planted two cherry seedlings, Japan's traditional ornamental tree. 500 more would be planted, the representatives said. Gifu, Japan's cherry association, gave 1,000 seedlings to a refugee camp in Mala Gorica and 500 trees to the Sisak County Centre. (hina) ha jn 172106 MET mar 97