GRANIC-COOK MEETING DELAYED; COOK STILL IN KOELN

LONDON, June 8 (Hina) - The Croatian Embassy in London on Tuesday afternoon said a meeting between the foreign ministers of Croatia and Great Britain will be a little late because British Foreign Minister Cook is still in Koeln attending a sitting of G8 group countries' foreign ministers. Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic should meet Cook and state secretary at the British Foreign Office Tony Lloyd. According to Foreign Office spokesman Nick Allen, talks should focus on a solution to the Kosovo crisis, a stability pact for south-eastern Europe, and the implementation of the Dayton peace agreement in Bosnia. Allen said Great Britain fully supported the stability pact idea and would contribute to giving the motion real contents, especially in three areas. These are the creation of an open trade area in which the European Union would open its markets to countries in the Balkans, a reconstruction plan for the Balkans on which civic society would be based and developed and which would help strengthen democratic institutions, and special agreements for south-eastern Europe aimed at stepping up local countries' integration with European institutions. The Foreign Office spokesman said journalists will not be able to put questions to British officials after their talks with Granic. (hina) ha