CRO FOREIGN MINISTRY DISSATISFIED WITH BH COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ATTITUDE

ZAGREB, July 22 (Hina) - In response to conclusions stated by the Council of Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina relating to the border crossing at Hrvatska Kostajnica, the Croatian Foreign Ministry on Monday forwarded a note to the BiH Foreign Ministry in which it stresses that the Foreign Ministry believes that the conclusions issued by the BiH Foreign Ministry do not contribute to resolving this issue in keeping with signed international agreements between the two countries. #L# "In keeping with the agreement on the state border between Croatia and BH signed July 30, 1999, the border between the two countries at Hrvatska Kostajnica was determined on the Uncica canal. Aiming at good neighbourly cooperation in resolving this issue Croatia offered solutions that the relevant bodies in both countries accepted that a common border crossing be built between the Una and Uncica rivers. Croatia is prepared to sign a relevant annex to the agreement on a common location which a combined border commission already harmonised," notes the official not sent fro Zagreb to Sarajevo. The Foreign Ministry further notes that it is unacceptable that some new conditions are now being presented regarding that border crossing and there was no reason for BH to unilaterally limit the Croatian government on its territory. "If it is not acceptable for BH that a common border crossing be constructed, Croatia then proposes a temporary or permanent withdrawal from that intention and that each country build its own crossing on its own territory. Common border crossings between the two countries already exist in Metkovic, Neum and Arzano and Kamesnko which have shown that customs services in both countries can act efficiently on the territory of one or other state," the official note by the Croatian Foreign Ministry says. (hina) sp it