TUDJMAN MEETS CROATIAN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH REPS.

ZAGREB, Jan 29 (Hina) - Croatian President, Franjo Tudjman, Sunday received a delegation of the Croatian International Association of the Youth (HMZM), led by its head Pavo Gagulic. The HMZM members, who included mostly the second generation of Croatian immigrants in Canada, told President Tudjman about the HMZM activities in Croatian Diaspora in USA and Canada. One of the goals of this associations was to stimulate young people of Croatian origins to return to Croatia so that they could engage themselves in the progress of the homeland. They welcomed a proposal to establish the ministry for immigration and supported President Tudjman's decision to end UNPROFOR's current mandate in Croatia. The HMZM head, Pavo Gagulic, said this association had been founded in Toronto. Its members as part of Task Forces had participated in the reconstruction of war-stricken Croatian towns such as Vocin and Dubrovnik as well as of the village of Ravno in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The HMZM secretary for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mate Boras, spoke of problems the young people faced when they returned to the homeland. Many of these problems referred to receiving necessary identity papers and documents. President Tudjman emphasized the importance of the demographic revival of Croatia, and added that the return of the Croatian youth to the homeland was of strategic importance for Croatia. He stressed that necessary conditions should be created for normal life and work of Croatian repatriates and called on the HMZM members to engage in the work of the future ministry of immigration, Croatian study of diplomacy and journalism. President Tudjman spoke of the current political developments in light of Croatia's efforts to peacefully reintegrate its occupied areas under present international circumstances. He spoke of the reopening of the Zagreb-Lipovac Highway and the Adriatic oil pipeline as well as of the forthcoming reopening of the railway lines toward Okucani and Split via Knin. The judgment referring the decision to terminate of UNPROFOR's mandate was proven correct, and such a decision would not lead up to a total war between Croatia and Serbia, President Tudjman said and emphasized that the normalization of Croatian-Serbian relations was in the interest of Croatia. The meeting was attended by the President's advisor, Branimir Jaksic, the President's home affairs advisor Ivic Pasalic, and the head of the President's cabinet, Zdravka Busic. (hina) mms 291518 MET jan 95