CROATIAN AND YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN ZAGREB

( Editorial: --> 4309 ) ZAGREB, Aug 18 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic and his Yugoslav counterpart Zivadin Jovanovic met in Zagreb on Tuesday to discuss the issue of the Prevlaka peninsula and the two countries' borders. Jovanovic arrived in Zagreb on Tuesday morning. "The main issue will be the state border and a permanent solution to the issue of Prevlaka (the southernmost slither of land in Croatia)," Granic said. The issue of Prevlaka is the most delicate. Croatia considers it to be an exclusively security issue, while FR Yugoslavia regards it as a territorial dispute between the two countries. After the signing of the Normalisation Agreement in 1996 by which Croatia and Yugoslavia recognised and put in order the biggest issues of mutual relations, the time has come for the implementation of the strategic provisions of this Agreement which are tied to a number of open issues and disputes between the two countries. Granic and Jovanovic will discuss the situation in Kosovo, the problem of succession of the former Yugoslavia, missing and imprisoned persons, the minority protection agreement, opening of air corridors and river traffic. The two ministers will sign agreements on trade and stimulation and protection of investments. (hina) lml 181203 MET aug 98