SARINIC HOLDS TALKS WITH CHINESE BUSINESSMEN

ZAGREB, June 11 (Hina) - Croatian President Tudjman's chief-of-staff and the 'INA' (Croatian oil company) supervisory board's president, Hrvoje Sarinic, on Wednesday received a delegation of a Chinese oil company 'Sinochem', led by its president Zheng Dunxun. According to an official statement, the talks revolved round the furtherance of good business cooperation the two companies have established in the recent years. Sarinic thanked the Sinochem's president for help the during the war when the Chinese company was the main supplier of crude oil for the INA. The two companies now turned to developing new relations and business cooperation, Sarinic said. The Chinese company voiced wish to buy fertilisers from Kutina and to conclude an agreement on purchase of several thousand tractors from Croatia. The Sinochem's president invited Sarinic to visit China, and the Croatian official accepted the invitation with pleasure. (hina) jn mš 111609 MET jun 97