MEETING OF MESIC, SANADER AND SEKS ENDS

ZAGREB, March 8 (Hina) - After a working lunch with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic and Prime Minister Ivo Sanader in the parliament on Monday, Parliament President Vladimir Seks told reporters that he, Mesic and Sanader, as the linchpins of two branches of authority (executive and legislative), agreed to meet in order to discuss current issues and reach a consensus on the most important state issues.#L# "We will make this a practice and the next meeting will be held in the office of the Prime Minister," Seks said. Reporters did not manage to ask questions about the topics of today's meeting which lasted an hour and a half. It is believed that the talks focused on ICTY indictments against generals Mladen Markac and Ivan Cermak as well as on an amended indictment against General Ante Gotovina. Asked to comment on the indictments which, according to unofficial information, arrived late last week, President Mesic said earlier this morning he "knows only what was published in the media and will discuss the matter with Sanader today". In the meantime, Justice Minister Vesna Skare Ozbolt confirmed that a sealed ICTY indictment against generals Cermak and Markac and an amended indictment against General Gotovina had arrived in Zagreb about ten days ago. She said the indictments arrived in Zagreb on March 1 and their content would be kept confidential until a competent ICTY judge decided otherwise. The tribunal confirmed that such a decision was made today, Also present at today's meeting in parliament were Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul and parliament vice president Luka Bebic. (Hina) it sb