CRO FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS CRO, U.S. BUSINESSMEN

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Hina) - "Croatia will aim to adjust its economy to that of its European neighbours and then to join the big common market. At the same time, Croatia will work with its eastern neighbours on the establishment of normal inter-state relations and the advancement of regional communication systems", Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic, taking part in the 51st session of the UN General Assembly, said at a lunch arranged by the U.S.- Croatian Business Council in New York on Wednesday. Croatia expected a soon agreement with Belgrade on solving the matter of security on the bordering peninsula of Prevlaka, Granic said. "That won't include any territorial exchanges on the Prevlaka peninsula - exchanges of territory haven't been mentioned. Croatia nevertheless realizes that the Boka Kotorska bay (Montenegro) must have a free and undisturbed access... and we shall work with Belgrade and Podgorica to find an adequate security mechanism which won't affect the Croatian territory there", Granic said. Speaking on the cooperation with eastern neighbours, he said that Croatia was more inclined to the American approach to regional cooperation through the reconstruction of the infrastructure, communications and the power distribution system, rather than to the European, which was too ambitious. Croatia's Foreign Minister concluded by saying that Croatia expected that "the Danubian region shall be fully integrated into Croatia early next year." (hina) ha jn 261146 MET sep 96