CROATIA, YUGOSLAVIA SIGN THREE MINUTES, SEVEN MEMORANDA

ZAGREB, March 11 (Hina) - Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on Monday signed three agreed-upon minutes and seven memoranda. The memoranda deal with the opening of the Adriatic oil pipeline, the opening of the Zagreb-Belgrade highway, railway traffic, air traffic, air corridors, telecommunication and the opening of consular departments in Belgrade and Zagreb. The signing followed one-day talks between delegations of the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, led by their respective foreign ministers, Mate Granic and Milan Milutinovic. "As for the agreement on normalization, it has been agreed that there are still some open isuses and that talks should be continued," Minister Granic told reporters. "Both delegations are committed to do nothing which could jeopardise this process. Our main goal is to reach an agreement on normalization as soon as possible and, after that, to speed up negotiations on other important topics," he said. Both delegations firmly supported the full implementation of the Dayton Agreement, Granic said. "We fully support Gen. Jacques Klein as temporary admnistrator in eastern Slavonia and we support his efforts in the reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area," Granic said. Also discussed today were other important issues such as mising persons, Granic said. Both sides agreed that it was an important humanitarian issue and pledged to put forth every effort to resolve it. Today's talks also addressed the position of minorities, Serbs in Croatia and Croats in Yugoslavia, Granic said, adding that the issue would be further discussed. Minister Milutinovic said the talks were "meaningful" and had yielded "rich results." "By signing these minutes, we have made an important step toward the normalization of our overall relations," he said, adding that this opened perspectives for more easily resolving all other issues. The next round of talks should intensify dialogue on "very subtle and important political issues," Milutinovic said. Talks should be intensified and neither of the sides should get out of step, Milutinovic said. Croatian-Yugoslav relations were no ordinary bilateral relations since peace in the region depended on them. Minister Granic has accepted Minister Milutinovic's invitation to visit Belgrade in the second fortnight of April. (hina) mm as 112140 MET mar 96