CROATIAN, YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTERS HOLD TALKS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Nov 11 (hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula on Sunday positively assessed his talks with Yugoslav counterpart Goran Svilanovic with whom he discussed borders and cooperation between Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The two ministers met in New York. The two ministers' associates will continue the talks in Croatia's permanent mission to the United Nations, while Picula and Svilanovic are expected to meet again later this evening. "We discussed well-known issues which we want to solve," Picula told reporters, adding they particularly discussed economic cooperation, the return of refugees and displaced persons, the fate of missing people and other issues. "Even though we have already signed 18 agreements with Yugoslavia, another 20 still need to be signed," the Croatian minister stressed. Svilanovic confirmed he was planning to visit Croatia, dismissing, however, speculations that his visit would take place on November 17. Asked whether he would visit Vukovar and apologise for crimes Yugoslavia committed during the occupation of this eastern Croatian town, Svilanovic said he wanted to visit Croatia by late this year and that all details of his visit were yet to be discussed. Asked again whether he would apologise for the bloodshed in Vukovar, Svilanovic said "we shall see". (hina) it