BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3572

HINA Zagreb, March 23, 2000MESIC SATISFIED WITH TALKS WITH BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY MEMBERSSARAJEVO, March 23 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic on Thursday said the official talks he had begun in Sarajevo were proceeding in the best possible atmosphere. During talks with the three members of Bosnia's Presidency, all significant topics of interest for the two countries were initiated , Mesic told reporters. Immediately upon arriving in the Bosnian capital, President Mesic met with Bosnian Presidency members Alija Izetbegovic, Ante Jelavic and Zivko Radisic, later holding separate talks with each. "We talked about the whole of Croatia's relations with Bosnia-Herzegovina and its entities, but also on relations with representatives of the Croat population in Bosnia-Herzegovina", Mesic told a press conference which Bosnian Presidency member Jelavic also attended. Bosnian Croats must be a constituent people throughout Bosnia-Herzeg