CROATIAN PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF RECEIVES NATO DELEGATION

ZAGREB, March 18 (Hina) - The Croatian President's Chief of Staff, Ivo Sanader, on Monday received a delegation of the North Atlantic Assembly led by the Assembly president and member of the German Parliament, Karsten Voight, a Presidential Office statement said. Sanader said that Croatia's political efforts were aimed at effectively completing the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area. Speaking of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sanader said that Croatia fully supported the implementation of the Washington and Dayton peace accords and the Rome agreement. Croatia supports the normalization of relations with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on the basis of mutual recognition within their internationally recognized borders, he said. Commenting on relations with the North Atlantic Assembly, Sanader said that the Croatian Parliament would soon apply for admission to NATO's political body. The talks were also attended by Sanader's deputy, Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, and the head of Sanader's cabinet, Miro Kovacic. The North Atlantic Assembly delegation included Deputy Secretary General Simon Lunn and his assistants, Martin Wiess and Jens Luetkenherm. They were accompanied by the German Ambassador to Croatia, Horst Weissel, the statement concluded. (hina) vm 181516 MET mar 96