CRO FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES REPRESENTATIVES OF DIPLOMATIC CORPS

ZAGREB, Oct 30 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on Friday received representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited to Croatia and presented them with the text of the recently initialled Agreement on Special Relations Between the Republic of Croatia and the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Recalling previously signed documents earlier this year such as the International Council for Cooperation between the Republic of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and the initialled agreement on the use of the Ploce port and passage through Neum, Granic emphasised that this latest agreement initialled on Tuesday, represents a key step to the further implementation of the Washington and Dayton accords as well as being of great significance to the peace process in Bosnia, notes a foreign ministry statement. This agreement lays the firm foundations for the return and survival of Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Granic informed the diplomatic corps of the Croatian government's attempts that the agreements recently initialled be signed as soon as possible. Representatives of the diplomatic corps welcomed the initialled agreement and stressed its significance towards the peace process in Bosnia. (Hina) sp