CROATIAN PRESIDENT LAYS A WREATH ON ALTAR OF HOMELAND

ZAGREB, May 30 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman laid a wreath on the Altar of Homeland at Medvedgrad on Tuesday to mark Statehood Day and fifth anniversary of the independent Croatian Republic. The wreath-laying was attended by Croatian senior officials, Diplomatic and Consular Corps members, accredited in Croatia, the dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Apostolic Nuncio Giulio Einaudi, and US, Russian, Chinese, German, British and French Ambassadors, Peter Galbraith, Leonid Kerestedzhiyants, Xie Xiqin, Horst Weisel, Gavin Hewitt and Jean-Jacques Gaillarde respectively. After the wreath-lying President Tudjman put in the book of impressions that today on the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the independent, sovereign and democratic state of Croatia he in capacity of the Croatian President laid the wreath on the Altar of Homeland in honour of all who had lived and died for achieving Croatian freedom in the sovereign Croatian state. Delegations of Croatian Parliament, Government, Defence Ministry, the Croatian Army headquarters, and Interior Ministry also laid wreaths on the Altar of Homeland. (hina) mm mms 301427 MET may 95