TUDJMAN RECEIVES CREDENTIALS FROM POLISH AMBASSADOR ( Editorial: --> 0887 )

( Editorial: --> 0887 ) ZAGREB, Nov 14 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Friday received credentials from Poland's Ambassador to Croatia, Jerzy Mieczyslav Chmielewski. Recalling that the Polish government had been among the first to establish full diplomatic relations with Croatia, Chmielewski said that Poland, a member of the Security Council this year and to chair the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe the next, would offer lasting support to full peaceful reintegration of the Danube river region of eastern Croatia and to Croatia's legitimate aspirations to become member of international and European institutions. President Tudjman said that Croatia and Poland belonged to "similar Slavic peoples who knew how to learn through experience from both positive and negative circumstances." Today, Croatia and Poland were subjects in the European and international community, Tudjman said, adding he believed that relations between the two countries would develop in all fields. (hina) ha 141522 MET nov 97