SIMUNOVIC ARRIVES IN ZAGREB AFTER MEETING IN BELGRADE

ZAGREB, Aug 20 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Simonovic returned to Zagreb from Belgrade on Monday where he held talks with Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic and a Foreign Ministry task group. On his arrival in Zagreb Simonovic told Hina that "During the meeting we achieved further progress in defining the text of the Agreement on Normalization of Relations". "Resolutions for the rest of disputable issues will be searched for in intensive diplomatic contacts in the next few days so that a meeting between the two foreign ministers Milutinovic and Mate Granic can take place in Belgrade on August 23, as was announced," Simonovic said. "Croatia is interested in the normalization of relations with Yugoslavia, but without detriment to the quality of the agreement," Simonovic said. (hina) lm 201005 MET aug 96