GRANIC RECEIVES AMBASSADORS OF CONTACT GROUP MEMBER-STATES

ZAGREB, June 21 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on Friday received ambassadors of the Contact Group member states and Italy, as the presiding country of the European Union, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Talks were held on the application of the Dayton peace agreements on Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia's admission to full membership of the Council of Europe. Granic reiterated Croatia's determination to fully implement the Dayton agreement, and warned that the Bosniac side obstructed consistent implementation, particularly as regarded the part referring to full implementation of the agreed Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina Defense Act. Croatia once more confirmed its support for the holding of the Mostar elections on 30 June, Granic said, adding that the elections were a test for the international community before elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the autumn. Granic appealed to the ambassadors of the Contact Group member states and Italy to support Croatia's inclusion into the Council of Europe, stressing that it would considerably strengthen the whole peace process and the reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area into the constitutional and legal system of Croatia. (hina) ha jn 211630 MET jun 96