PRESIDENT TUDJMAN'S MESSAGE TO EUROPEAN UNION

BRUSSELS, May 3 (Hina) - Croatian Ambassador to countries of Benelux Janko Vranycany-Dobrinovic delivered on Monday President Tudjman's message to Belgian Deputy Prime and Foreign Minister Willy Claes. The message requests Belgium, as one of the countries-members of the European troyka, for the European Union's support to the development of Croatia. That support would contribute to the process of democratization in Croatia and a resolution of the issue on UNPAs. Minister Claes and Ambassador Vranycany-Dobrinovic discussed the implementation of the Washington agreement between Croats and Bosniacs. The Ambassador said that Croatia was interested in signing of an agreement on economic and trade co-operation, on protection of foreign investments and on taxation. Ambassador Vranycany-Dobrinovic requested that Belgium should suspend visas for Croatian citizens or make the process of getting them easier. He thanked Minister Claes for an assistance of the Belgian soldiers in Rwanda in rescuing of Croatian missionaries there. Willy Claes will be a member of the honorary committee for a charity concert of Ivo Pogorelic, a famous Croatian pianist, which is to be held in Brussels on 9 November 1994. The income from the concert will be used for the reconstruction of Dubrovnik. 031208 MET may 94