CROATIAN FORIGN MINISTER HOLDS TALKS WITH BRAZILIAN COUNTERPART ( Editorial: --> 2198 )

( Editorial: --> 2198 ) BRASILIA, Nov 19 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic held talks in Brasilia on Wednesday with his Brazilian Counterpart, Luiz Felipe Lampreia about promoting political and economic relations between the two countries. The meeting especially focused on preparing an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in culture, avoiding double taxation and stimulation of investments. The two ministers also discussed the succession of agreements Brazil had signed with the former Yugoslavia. The signing of these agreements should contribute to the strengthening of economic relations between Croatia and Brazil. In that context, we spoke about the possibility of using the Croatian port of Rijeka for the transport of Brazilian products into central European countries, Granic said. The Brazilian side had showed great interest for the situation in Croatia's political, economic and security scenes, Granic said. Lampreia hailed the political and economic stability of Croatia, as well as the successful process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube river region. (hina) lm 192233 MET nov 97