CRO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES SWISS AMBASSADOR

ZAGREB, Sept 19 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader on Friday received Swiss Ambassador to Croatia Peter Troendle. Troendle announced the state secretary at the Swiss Foreign Ministry, Jakov Kellemberg, would visit Croatia early next month. During today's talks, Sanader and Troendle concluded there were no open issues between Croatia and Switzerland, and that Sanader's talks with Kellemberg should focus on the future strengthening of economic cooperation, to which the recent cancellation of visas for Croatian citizens would contribute. Both parties expressed interest to consider the standpoints of both countries in relation to Euro-Atlantic integrations. Sanader informed the Swiss ambassador about the current political situation in Croatia, with special stress on the successful course of peaceful reintegration of the Danube region of eastern Croatia. Croatia's deputy foreign minister pointed out that the UN Security Council's presidential statement was disappointing and did not correspond to the actual situation in the Danube region. Croatia would continue to fulfil all of its obligations with the aim to effect a successful termination of the Danube region's peaceful reintegration since, Sanader pointed out, this was in its national interest. No international pressure was necessary, he added. Sanader stressed the importance of a successful termination of UNTAES' mandate on 15 January 1998 in line with the Zagreb-Erdut Accord. (hina) ha 192017 MET sep 97