CRO PRESIDENT RECEIVES BOSNIAN FEDERATION VICE-PRESIDENT

ZAGREB, July 31 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Wednesday received the vice-president of the Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina Ejup Ganic at the latter's request, a statement from the President's Office said. After Ganic expressed his opinion as regarded the situation in the Bosnian Federation, Tudjman said that problems must be solved through talks between federal partners, Croats and Bosniacs. Croatia firmly stood for a consistent and complete implementation of the Washington and Dayton agreements, particularly the agreement on the strengthening of the Federation and its connection to Croatia, the Croatian President said. In the implementation of Washington and Dayton, Croatia played and would play a constructive part, but could not allow for those cicles who wanted to discredit Dayton to do so behind the Croats' back, President Tudjman pointed out. Tudjman proposed that current problems be solved at meetings of Croat and Bosniac representatives from the Federation and meetings of the Joint Council for Cooperation Between the Republic of Croatia, the Federation and Bosnia-Herzegovina, which was established for that purpose. Present at today's meeting were also Croatian Foreign Minsiter Mate Granic, head of the President's Office Ivo Sanader, Croatian Defense Minister Gojko Susak, president of the Bosnian Federation Kresimir Zubak, U.S. Ambassadors to Bosnia and Croatia, John Menzies and Peter Galbraith respectively, and Deputy EU High Representative for Bosnia Michael Steiner, the statement from the Croatian President's Office concluded. (hina) ha mm 311241 MET jul 96