CRO AMBASSADOR MEETS HIGH INTERNATIONALPD REP FOR BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, Nov 25 (Hina) - Croatia's Ambassador to Bosnia on Wednesday held talks with the international high representative for Bosnia, discussing the two agreements Croatia signed with Bosnia and its Croat-Muslim Federation in Zagreb last Sunday. According to a statement from the Croatian Embassy in Sarajevo, Ambassador Darinko Bago agreed with high representative Carlos Westendorp's assessment that the signing of the two agreements was an outstandingly constructive step forward towards stronger relations between Croatia and the Federation. With the Federation, Croatia signed an agreement on special relations, while the agreement with Bosnia regulates Bosnia's use of the Croatian port of Ploce and Croatia's passage through Bosnian territory in Neum. The Croatian Embassy statement pointed out the agreements were especially important for Bosnian Croats, for the affirmation of their security and guaranteed equality which, the statement added, was a good basis for stronger relations within the entire Bosnia. Ambassador Bago welcomed an announcement of Westendorp's Office's lasting support to the conclusion of annexes which will make cooperation between Croatia and the Federation concrete. Westendorp was interested in the rights of the Bosniak Muslim minority in Croatia. Bago said Croatia had resolved the national minorities issue in line with the highest standards in Europe and the world. (hina) ha jn