CROATIAN AND INDONESIAN PRESIDENTS MEET IN ZAGREB - STATEMENT

ZAGREB, March 13 (Hina) - Following is the full text of a statement by the Presidential Office on today's talks between Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and his Indonesian counterpart Suharto. "The President of the Republic of Croatia, Franjo Tudjman, and his wife today received the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Suharto, and Mrs Tien Suharto, accompanied by an Indonesian government delegation. Outside the Presidential Palace they were also welcomed by a guard of honour. Presidents Tudjman and Suharto talked behind closed doors for nearly two hours. The greatest attention was devoted to further successful development of bilateral relations between Croatia and Indonesia. Also under discussion were the causes of the crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its possible solutions. President Tudjman elaborated Croatian views on the reintegration of temporarily occupied Croatian territories, emphasizing Croatia's cooperation with the international community in order to peacefully resolve the problem of temporarily occupied Croatian areas. The talks also focused on the interests of the international community and nonaligned countries in cooperation with Croatia and in a peaceful resolution of the crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Croatian and Indonesian government delegation also met in the Presidential Palace. The Croatian delegation included Foreign Minister Mate Granic, Chief Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs Franjo Greguric, Transport Minister Ivica Mudrinic, Economic Minister Nadan Vidosevic, Assistant Foreign Minister Smiljan Simac and Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Zeljko Matic. The Indonesian delegation was represented by Foreign Minister Ali Alatas, Secretary of State Moerdiono, Assistant Chairman of the Nonaligned Movement Ambassador Nana Sutresna, Ambassadors Pringgodigdo and Wisnumurti, Foreign Ministry officials Ibrahim and Hardjito, and Assistant Secretary of State Soedarno. Special attention was devoted to bilateral political and economic issues. The two delegations supported the improvement of cooperation and deepening of relations between the two friendly countries. They stressed a number of economic opportunites which could be of mutual benefit. The Croatian army Chief-of-Staff, General Janko Bobetko, discussed military issues with the commander in chief of the Indonesian armed forces, General Feisal Tanjung," the statement concluded. (hina) vm 131300 MET mar 95