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FOREIGN PRESS BUREAU ZAGREB
Daily Bulletin

October 23, 1998

In todays bulletin:
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� CROATIA

1. Tudjman Discusses Dayton & Croatian-American Relations With Gelbard
2. Dutch Government To Finance Reconstruction Of 20 Homes
3. Three Bodies Exhumed From A Well In Erdut
4. Biskupic In Two-Day Visit To Iran
5. Baden-Wurtemburg Delegation Talk Co-Operation With Croatian Partners
6. Second Day Of The 8th Regional Business Meeting Point
7. Negotiations On Special Relations With B-H Postponed
8. Kostovic Stressed Croatia's Interest In Signing Agreements With B-H

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� CROATIA


1. TUDJMAN DISCUSSES DAYTON & CROATIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH GELBARD

Croatian President Dr. Franjo Tudjman and US envoy for the former
Yugoslavia Robert Gelbard  met in Zagreb on Thursday to discuss the
implementation of the Dayton Accord and Croatian-American relations.


2. DUTCH GOVERNMENT TO FINANCE RECONSTRUCTION OF 20 HOMES

A contract was signed in Brajkovici on Thursday for the reconstruction of
20 Croatian family houses in Grahovcici. The project will be financed by
the Dutch government.


3. THREE BODIES EXHUMED FROM A WELL IN ERDUT

Three bodies were exhumed from a well in Erdut before members of the
Commission for Detained and Missing Persons, Osijek police, international
observers as well as members of The Hague Tribunal and Association of
Families of Croatian Defenders. It is presumed that a further four bodies
lie buried in the well.


4. BISKUPIC IN TWO-DAY VISIT TO IRAN

The Croatian Minister of Culture, Mr. Bozo Biskupic left Zagreb on Thursday
on a two-day visit to Iran.  On his trip he will sign an agreement on
co-operation in the field of culture, education and science between the two
countries for the next five years. Biskupic is expected to discuss the
possibility of the participation of Iranian musicians at the 50th Dubrovnik
Festival, as well as other forms of cultural exchange.


5. BADEN-WURTEMBURG DELEGATION TALK CO-OPERATION WITH CROATIAN PARTNERS

The delegation from the German region Baden-Wurtemburg, comprised of
representatives of some 40 companies visiting Croatia, met with the
president of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce Nadan Vidosevic, the Minister
of Tourism Sergej Morsan and the Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport
and Communication Zeljko Luzavec at the Chamber of Commerce in Zagreb on
Thursday. They discussed the possible co- operation with Croatian partners.
the meeting will be held next week.


6. SECOND DAY OF THE 8TH REGIONAL BUSINESS MEETING POINT

The 8th Regional Business Meeting Point, which is aimed at bringing
together politicians and economists from central and eastern European
countries, continued with its second day. One of the topics was economic
co-operation between Croatia and Slovenia. The conference was opened by
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek who stressed that stronger economic
regional co-operation resulted in political consolidation and that the
present global recession dictated the strengthening of regional economic
integration. Also present were SECI co-ordinator Erhard Busek and Benard
Snoy from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.


7. NEGOTIATIONS ON SPECIAL RELATIONS WITH B-H POSTPONED

Negotiations between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to reach an Agreement
on Special Relations, scheduled to be held on Thursday in Zagreb, has been
postponed after the Bosniak delegation failed to appear and asked the
meeting be rescheduled. This came as a result of the inability to reach a
consensus within the delegation itself. It is expected that


8. KOSTOVIC STRESSED CROATIA'S INTEREST IN SIGNING AGREEMENTS WITH B-H

Presidential Chief-of-Staff Ivica Kostovic stressed Croatia's interest in
signing agreements with Bosnia-Herzegovina on special relations and the
Ploce - Neum issue.


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