BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH

HR-SUCCESSION-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3962HINA Zagreb, 19 May 2001CROATIA'S CHIEF NEGOTIATOR ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSIONVIENNA, May 19 (Hina) - The talks on succession to former Yugoslavia, which are being held in Vienna, could result in a consensus on a General Agreement although many open issues remain to be solved, the head of Croatia's negotiating team, Bozo Marendic, said on Saturday after a week of intensive negotiations. The two-week talks among representatives of five successor-states of the former Yugoslav federation, which are being held at the OSCE headquarters at Vienna's Hofburg Castle, started last Monday and should be wrapped up by May 25. Marendic told Hina the Vienna talks could result in a consensus on a General Agreement on succession, which would consist of a framework and a certain number of annexes which were an integral part of the entire agreement. Marendic said that "some delegations are not willing to gi