FRENCH CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL REPS VISIT DUBROVNIK

DUBROVNIK, 30 Oct (Hina) - Dubrovnik mayor Vido Bogdanovic on Thursday received the president of the French Constitutional Council Roland Dumas and his associates, who were accompanied by a Croatian Constitutional Court delegation, led by Constitutional Court President Jadranko Crnic. The meeting was also attended by the French Ambassador to Croatia, Jean-Jacques Gaillarde, and Croatia's Ambassador to France, Smiljan Simac. Crnic said that the French delegation and their hosts would discuss, among other things, constitutional and legal problems, which the courts of the two countries encountered, as well as the protection of basic freedoms and human rights. The ties between our two constitutional courts have been developing successfully since 1993 when the Croatian Constitutional Court became a member of the European Conference of Constitutional Courts. Dubrovnik mayor Bogdanovic informed his guests about the current situation in the area of Dubrovnik, in particular the reconstruction process and economic opportunities. (hina) rm 301513 MET oct 97