PRIME MINISTER: CROATIA ISN'T INVOLVED IN CONFLICTS IN MACEDONIA

ZAGREB, June 4 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minster Ivica Racan said Monday Croatia wanted to help the solving of open political issues and tragic conflicts in Macedonia through political talks. I hope there will be enough political will on both sides, Macedonian and Albanian, to solve all open issues, Racan said at a regular press conference, condemning all forms of terrorism regardless of the side it was coming from. Commenting on a reporter's statement that Croatia was indirectly implicated in the war in Macedonia because the country's Interior Minister Ljuben Boskovski is a Croatian citizen, Racan said "Croatia neither is nor wants to be implicated in the tragic conflict in Macedonia but wants to help solve it as soon as possible." Asked whether an investigation of the Macedonian interior minister was being conducted, Racan said a probe, which would determine how a certain number of people received a Croatian passport and citizenship, was in progress. "I expect a Croatian Interior Ministry's report very soon, and until then I do not want to comment on whether and in what way the Macedonian minister was granted Croatian citizenship and what will the consequences be", the Croatian Prime Minister told reporters. Racan confirmed he would meet Slovene Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek in Croatia on Saturday. I hope a progress will be achieved at the meeting, a strong step forward in at least one of three serious issues between the two countries -- Piran Bay, the nuclear power plant of Krsko and the Ljubljanska Banka debt. (hina) it