SLOVENE FOREIGN MINISTER ON RELATIONS WITH CROATIA

LJUBLJANA, Dec 1 (Hina) - Slovene Foreign Minister Lojze Peterle said on Wednesday that he had met with Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic at a CSCE meeting in Rome and that they had agreed once again that expert groups should continue their work in order to find solutions to open issues between the two countries. Among priority issues Mr Peterle stressed the borders, the Ljubljanska Banka bank in Zagreb and the nuclear power plant in Krsko. The Slovene Foreign Ministry is preparing an exhaustive report on relations with Croatia which will be presented at a government session next week. Slovenia still supports solving relations with Croatian "in a package." 011749 MET dec 93