BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3815

HR-BULLETINS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3815 BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3815HINA Zagreb 17 November 2000CROATIA'S MESIC, PICULA HOLD TALKS WITH UN'S ANNAN, HOLKERINEW YORK, Nov 17 (Hina) - Croatia's President Stipe Mesic and Foreign Minister Tonino Picula on Friday held talks with UN's Secretary-General Kofi Annan and General Assembly chairman Harry Holkeri. The talks, held in New York, addressed succession to the former Yugoslav federation, resolving security issues on Prevlaka, and the Nov. 24 Zagreb Summit. Speaking about Prevlaka, Croatia's southern-most tip bordering on Montenegro, President Mesic told Hina Croatia and Montenegro had been trying to make a concrete contribution to the normalisation of relations for several years. Authorities in Zagreb and Prevlaka are willing to demilitarise the entire peninsula and want to use both sides of the border for tourism, which will help the local population, he said. Mesic was hopeful recent "changes in Belgrade