CROATIA DELAYS PARTICIPATION IN VIENNA CONFERENCE ON DAYTON DEAL'S ARTICLE IV

ZAGREB, Oct 2 (Hina) - Croatia will postpone its participation in a review conference of the Dayton Accords' Article IV, which is set for this week in Vienna, as long as the Yugoslav side is not able to represent legitimately the stands of the Government in Belgrade, read a statement issued by Croatia's Foreign Ministry on Monday. The Republic of Croatia is bound to postpone its participation in the review conference for the time being in order to protect the importance and legitimacy of the process within Article IV of the Dayton Agreement. Croatia hopes that the Yugoslav side will very soon be able to represent legitimately Belgrade's stance in Vienna, in accordance with the results of the recent elections in Yugoslavia and the expressed will of citizens at the ballot, read the statement signed by spokesman Goran Rotim. "The Republic of Croatia consistently and fully honours its international legal obligations and is exceptionally interested in the achievement of the regional security and safety, in compliance with standards in the relations between democratic European countries," it added. The second review conference on the Dayton Agreement's Article IV relates to important issues about the subregional security in countries-signatories (namely Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) to the Dayton document and an agreement on the sub-regional arms control. (hina) ms