PREVLAKA ISSUE CAN BE SOLVED DIPLOMATICALLY - NOBILO

BELGRADE, Jan 17 (Hina) - Croatia's ambassador to the United Nations, Mario Nobilo, said on Wednesday that the issue of Prevlaka, the southernmost tip of Croatia bordering Montenegro, could be solved peacefully through diplomatic negotiations. Commenting on the latest UN Security Council resolutions in an interview with the Belgrade-based independent radio B92, Nobilo said that the land border between Croatia and the Yugoslav federation of Serbia and Montenegro was not negotiable. He said that further talks on border issues could only focus on the delimitation of territorial waters and waterways, adding that mutual recogntion would be required before the beginning of such talks. Speaking of the UN resolution on Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srijem, the areas of eastern Croatia still under Serb occupation, Nobilo said that it was in line with the Dayton peace agreement and that its implementation was possible since the United States guaranteed that the problem would be solved peacefully. Nobilo said that the reopening an oil pipeline and restoration of rail and road links with Croatia would also be in Belgrade's interest and that Serbia should give up failed attempts at expanding its territory by two to three percent at Croatia's expense. (hina) vm 172138 MET jan 96