CROATIA AGREES TO HIGH REPRESENTATIVE'S STRONGER AUTHORITY

( Editorial: --> 7111 ) BONN, Dec 9 (Hina) - Croatia agrees to stronger authority on the part of the international High Representative in Bosnia within the limits of implementation of the Dayton peace agreement, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic said in Bonn Tuesday. "Croatia has nothing against stronger authority on the part of the High Representative if the Dayton agreement is being strongly implemented, in spirit and letter", Granic told reporters. He assessed the final document of the conference on the implementation of the Dayton agreement, which he is attending in Bonn, would be acceptable for Croatia. The conference gathers 51 countries and 21 international organisations. German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel and U.S. assistant secretary of state, Strobe Talbott, commended Croatia for its cooperation with the International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. (hina) ha jn 091943 MET dec 97