TWO CROATIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY SCHOLARSHIP RECEPIENTS TO CONTINUE SCHOO

CONTINUE SCHOO $ LING IN U.S. ZAGREB, Aug 22 (Hina) - As part of bilateral cooperation between Croatia and the United States, two Croatian Defence Ministry scholarship recipients left for the United States on Friday where they would spend the next five years studying at the School of Aeronautics of the University of North Dakota. Hrvoje Matijevic and Damir Mika were seen off at Zagreb airport by the head of the Defence Ministry's International Cooperation Department, Major Damir Terzic, and their families and friends. The military cooperation programme shows that the Defence Ministry has a long-term plan for the professional development of its employees so that the process of transition could be carried out as efficiently as possible and that Croatia's security and defence system could be brought closer to Western systems, Terzic said. Matijevic and Mika said they were confident that they would achieve good results during their schooling in the US. The Croatian candidates passed very demanding tests, which particularly focused on their knowledge of English and mathematics. More than 40 countries are sending their candidates for further education at the School of Aeronautics, which is one of the best educational and research institutions of that kind in the world. (hina) vm 221050 MET aug 97