MATESA MEETS INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYERS ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL

ZAGREB, May 15 (Hina) - Croatian prime minister Zlatko Matesa met in Zagreb on Wednesday with the secretary general of the International Employers' Organization, Kostas Kapartis. We expressed an interest in the Croatian Employers' Association assuming obligations which employers' organizations in other market-oriented countries usually have, Matesa said after the talks. Kapartis expressed satisfaction with progress the Croatian government had made in negotiations between employers, employees and the state, adding that other post-Communist countries had taken much more time to finalize similar negotiations. The Croatian Employers' Association is particularly interested in cooperation with the International Employers' Organization, of which it is member, its president Ivica Todoric said. Todoric said that Kapartis was particularly interested in Croatian legislation, the privatization process and the functioning of the market. (hina) vm jn 151734 MET may 96