atican, December 17 (STA) Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek had an audience with Pope John Paul II and the Vatican state secretary Angelo Sodano in the Vatican on Friday.***

Ljubljana, 17 December - PRIME MINISTER DRNOVŠEK HAS AUDIENCE WITH POPE JOHN PAUL II=
        Speaking in French, the Pope had expressed a great deal of warmth and praise for Slovenia, the Prime Minister said afterwards. Drnovšek renewed his invitation to his Holiness to visit Slovenia. According to the Prime Minister, Pope John Paul II wishes to visit the country, but is thinking in broader terms - namely, of doing so as part of a wider peace mission to countries bound up in the war.