CROATIAN GOVT DELEGATION MEETS WORLD BANK OFFICIALS

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Hina) - Croatian central bank governor Marko Skreb, Finance Minister Bozo Prka and chairman of the Croatian Parliament's ways and means committee, Djuro Njavro, met the World Bank vice-president, Johannes Linn, in Washington on Monday. The talks focused on several World Bank projects for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Croatian financial sector, the reform of the pension system and the reconstruction of the Croatian Danubian area. The World Bank was considering the opening of an office in Zagreb, Skreb told reporters after the meeting. On Sunday, the Croatian delegation met colleagues from Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia to discuss a proposal by the International Settlements Bank for the division of the former Yugoslavia assets, worth US$ 600 million, among five successor states. Representatives from Belgrade were predictably absent. (hina) jn as 302016 MET sep 96