FOREIGN MINISTER GRANIC OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO BRITAIN'S COOK

( Editorial: --> 4119 ) ZAGREB, 17 Aug (Hina) - The Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on Monday sent a message to his British counterpart Robin Cook, offering his condolences over a terrorist attack in Northern Ireland which killed 28 and wounded more than 200 people. "I was appalled by the news of a dreadful and almost incomprehensible crime, aimed at innocent people in the Northern Irish town of Omagh, which took many victims. The irrationality of the terrorist act confirms that peace negotiations are headed in the right direction and I am sincerely convinced that the successful completion of the peace process is the only lasting way of stopping such brutal crimes. Your Excellency, dear Mr Cook, please accept my sincerest condolences on the occasion of this sad incident," the message said. (hina) rml 171242 MET aug 98