VISIT TO ARGENTINA "MOST SUCCESSFUL", PRESIDENT TUDJMAN SAYS

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 2 (Hina) - The Croatian delegation regarded its visit to Argentina as most successful, President Tudjman this evening told a Buenos Aires press conference. He praised the "cordial hospitality of Argentinian official circles, the general public and the Croatian community." "Talks with President Menem and other Argentinian officials, and the agreements we are going to sign today, have laid a sound foundation for fruitful cooperation between the two countries," he said. Tudjman praised Argentina for receiving Croatian political immigrants after World War II, when no other country would have nothing to do with them. He said many of them had been unjustly branded as Ustashas by the Belgrade regime. "A sovereign Croatia could be created only through unity and reconciliation of of all Croats, no matter what side they had fought on in World War II," he said. "I trust my visit to Argentina will confirm what we have achieved the unity of the Croatian people in creating and defending their independent state," President Tudjman said. After a working meeting this evening, Presidents Tudjman and Menem will sign four bilateral agreements - on economic cooperation, investment protection, scientific exchanges and annulment of visa requirements. (hina) as sd 022131 MET dec 94