CRO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES HEAD OF U.N. LIAISON OFFICE

ZAGREB, 21 Nov (Hina) - The Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader on Thursday received the head of the Zagreb-based U.N. liaison office, Aleksandar Lebedev and the outgoing head of U.N. Military Observers on the Prevlaka peninsula (UNMOP), Goeran Gunnarsson, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said. #L# Lieutenant Gunnarsson said that the security situation on Prevlaka had improved considerably during his mandate and thanked the Croatian side for successful cooperation, stressing the cooperation of local authorities. Deputy Foreign Minister Sanader stressed that the Prevlaka peninsula is an integral part of Croatia, which was confirmed in the Agreement on the Normalisation of Relations Between Croatia and Yugoslavia. Croatia is willing to discuss only the security situation on Prevlaka and its hinterland on both sides of the border. Croatia has prepared an answer to the Yugoslav aide-memoirs on the Prevlaka peninsula, and it will submit it to the U.N. secretariat next week, Sanader said. In the aide-memoirs on the Prevlaka peninsula, sent recently to the United Nations, the Yugoslav Government presents its stance according to which the Prevlaka peninsula should come under Yugoslav control. (hina) rm 211433 MET nov 96