YUGOSLAVIA ADVOCATES EXTENSION OF UN MISSION ON PREVLAKA

BELGRADE/PODGORICA, Oct 9 (Hina) - The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry reported on Wednesday evening that Yugoslavia advocated the extension of the UN Mission to the Prevlaka peninsula (UNMOP), adding that the presence of the UN Mission would contribute to the stabilisation of the situation in the region and enable better bilateral negotiations. #L# The statement, cited by media in Podgorica on Wednesday evening, also notes that Yugoslavia and Croatia have been negotiating for some time about a Protocol that would temporarily regulate a border regime on Prevlaka. The document would net pre-empt a final solution but would regulate demilitarisation, the free flow of people and goods, commercial and maritime co-operation, the statement notes and adds that the Protocol would improve good neighbourly relations between the two countries, as well as stability and prosperity in the region. Yugoslavia will present its foreign policies as a priority in the negotiations, that is that two contentious issues with its neighbours be resolved with mutual acceptance, the statement concludes. (hina) sp it