MESIC TO HOLDS TALKS WITH WORLD'S STATESMEN

NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Hina) - Immediately after the opening ceremony of the Millennium Summit in the United Nations headquarters, Croatian President Stipe Mesic continued to hold talks with statesmen of countries participating in the Summit. On Wednesday Mesic held talks with Palestinian leader Jaser Arafat; Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Muso and Brazilian vice president Marco Antonio de Oliveir Marcielo. Mesic said all talks were successful. He said that apart from bilateral relations he thought it was important to point to the officials to the need of adopting a new reality instead of their melancholy which makes the issue of the succession of the former Yugoslavia, as one of the founders of the non-aligned movement, unresolved on the east River. Even today the Yugoslav flag is hoisted in fort of the United Nations building. The Croatian President and the officials also tackled the peace process in Near East. When asked about his standpoint on the issue, Mesic told the Palestinian leader it was better to hold negotiations for three years than to be in war for three days. The officials tackled the overall situation in the Southeast of Europe, particularly in Bosnia-Herzegovina, namely the return of refugees and detained persons. Later today, the Croatian President is to participate in the first working table of the summit (to discuss the role of the United Nations in the 21st century), and to hold talks with presidents of Hungary and Iran and Japanese Prime Minister. (hina) it