TUDJMAN RECEIVES WALKER - STATEMENT

ZAGREB, Aug 27 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Wednesday received the newly-appointed head of the UN Transitional Administration (UNTAES) of the Croatian Danube region, the President's Office said in a statement. Wishing Walker successful performance of new duties, in which he would have full support of Croatian authorities, the President said that satisfactory results had so far been achieved in the completion of the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube region. Now that its mission is at an end, UNTAES should help elected local authorities take over and operate in line with the Croatian constitutional and legal system, as well as to ensure normalisation of life and return of displaced persons, Tudjman said. Walker expressed firm confidence that the UNTAES mission would be completed successfully and that all agreed measures would be successfully implemented on the local level. Also attending were Presidential Chief of Staff Hrvoje Sarinic, Reconstruction and Development Minister Jure Radic, Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Neven Madey and Deputy Chief of Staff Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, the statement concluded. (hina) vm 271411 MET aug 97