CRO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS BUDAPEST

BUDAPEST, Oct 15 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader on Wednesday arrived in Budapest at the head of a Croatian delegation invited by the Hungarian side. He was received by Matyas Eorsi, the state secretary at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sanader and Eorsi held talks on bilateral cooperation between Croatia and Hungary. Political cooperation is excellent, they assessed, and concluded the development of economic cooperation must be stepped up. According to Eorsi, Hungary fully supports Croatia's efforts for the UNTAES mandate in the Danube river region to terminate on 15 January next year which, he said, must be followed by the presence of observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Hungary also supports Croatia's efforts to be included in Europe's political, economic and military associations, Eorsi said. Croatia's Sanader said that Croatian Premier Zlatko Matesa accepted the invitation of his Hungarian counterpart Gyula Horn to visit Hungary on 19 November. The Croatian delegation was also received by the chairman of the Hungarian parliament's foreign policy committee, Istvan Sent- Ivanyi. In the afternoon, Sanader and associates visited the Croatian World Minority Self-Administration. Representatives of Hungarian Croats proposed that the Croatian government establish an office for Croats in neighbouring countries. They also asked for a special programme on Croatian Television. (hina) ha jn 151615 MET oct 97