ZAGREB, Jan 26 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granicon Tuesday spoke with representatives of Croatia's southern-most county, the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. The talks focused on the opening of border crossing towards the
Yugoslav Republic of Montenegro. In keeping with an agreement between the Croatian and Montenegrin Interior Ministries, last week were opened border crossings at Debeli Brijeg and Konfin. Granic reminded his guests that the UN Security Council's Resolution No. 1222, of January 15, welcomed Croatia's decision to open the two border crossings during the Christmas and New Year holidays, and further expressed hope that this practise would assist an increase in civil traffic. Encouraged by the resolution, Croatia made an official proposal to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) to extend an agreement on local border traffic between Croatia and the FRY to that section of the border
ZAGREB, Jan 26 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic
on Tuesday spoke with representatives of Croatia's southern-most
county, the Dubrovnik-Neretva County.
The talks focused on the opening of border crossing towards the
Yugoslav Republic of Montenegro.
In keeping with an agreement between the Croatian and Montenegrin
Interior Ministries, last week were opened border crossings at
Debeli Brijeg and Konfin.
Granic reminded his guests that the UN Security Council's
Resolution No. 1222, of January 15, welcomed Croatia's decision to
open the two border crossings during the Christmas and New Year
holidays, and further expressed hope that this practise would
assist an increase in civil traffic.
Encouraged by the resolution, Croatia made an official proposal to
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) to extend an agreement on
local border traffic between Croatia and the FRY to that section of
the border.
Granic emphasised the significance of that move, especially in
light of the use Croats in Boka Kotorska, Montenegro, would gain by
free communication with Croatia.
The process begun with the opening of border crossings toward
Montenegro is an important and concrete contribution toward the
normalisation of relations with Yugoslavia, to the general
stabilisation of circumstances, and a significant contribution
towards a permanent solution to the security situation Croatia's
southern-most peninsula - Prevlaka, said Granic.
Yugoslavia has territorial pretensions to Prevlaka, but Granic
reminded that the UN Security Council resolution undoubtedly
confirmed the territorial integrity of the Republic of Croatia.
Minister Granic emphasised the importance of negotiations
commenced with Yugoslavia about a permanent solution to the
security situation on Prevlaka, based on a Croatian proposal from
June 1998, about the permanent demilitarisation of the region.
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