CROATIAN MPS MEET BULGARIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ( Editorial: --> 9978 )

( Editorial: --> 9978 ) SOFIA, Nov 11 (Hina) - A delegation of the Croatian Parliament, headed by Parliament Speaker Vlatko Pavletic, on Tuesday held talks with officials of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry and members of the Bulgarian Parliament's foreign affairs and economy committees. Croatian MPs arrived in Bulgaria on Monday for a four-day official visit. During Tuesday's talks it was said that Croatia and Bulgaria had different paths for approaching European integration processes. But, Pavletic added, there were possibilities for cooperation and mutual support between the two countries on those paths. Croatian parliamentarians and the Bulgarian parliamentary economy committee discussed economic topics. The hosts informed the Croatian guests of the Bulgarian programme for the market economy. On Tuesday afternoon Pavletic is expected to hold talks with the vice president of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and to visit the National History Museum. (hina) jn mš 111654 MET nov 97