CROATIA AND BOSNIAN DELEGATIONS TO MEET EVERY WEEK

( Editorial: --> 0048 ) ZAGREB, March 16 (Hina) - The delegations of the Republic of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina met in Zagreb on Monday to resume negotiations on the establishment of special relations between Croatia and the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the strenghtening of bilateral cooperation and other pending issues. The negotiations on these issues were being conducted in the spirit of the Washington Accords, the Tudjman-Izetbegovic Joint Statement of August 1997 and the Dayton Agreements, the Croatian Govnerment's public relations office said. The Croatian delegation was led by Foreign Minister Mate Granic and Economy Minister Nenad Porges. Bosnia-Herzegovina was represented by the Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Relations in the Council of Ministers, Mirsad Kurtovic, and the Federation by Justice Minister Mato Tadic. The delegations agreed to keep meeting every week, alternately in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, until an agreement on these issues was reached. (hina) mm as/mrb 161650 MET mar 98