CROATIAN PREMIER MEETS BOSNIAN CROAT REPS

( Editorial: --> 6961 ) ZAGREB, Oct 8 (Hina) - Croatian Premier Zlatko Matesa on Thursday held a meeting with Bosnian Croat representatives headed by the president of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina Ante Jelavic. According to a statement from the government's Communications Office, the two parties discussed further activities towards the signing of an agreement on special relations between Croatia and one of Bosnia's two entities, the Croat Muslim Federation. Bosnian Croat representatives insisted on special relations as the basis for the realisation of the Bosnian Croat people's interests. To this effect they announced it was necessary to form a negotiating team in line with the results of last month's election. (hina) ha 082111 MET oct 98