GRANIC AND KLEIN MEET IN LONDON

LONDON, Dec 4 (Hina) - The UN transitional administrator of Eastern Slavonia on Wednesday commended the efforts of the Croatian government and local Serb authorities to peacefully reintegrate the region into Croatia. UN Transitional Administrator Jacques Klein made the comment in London at a meeting with Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic and British Foreign Office Minister Nicholas Bonsor. Bonsor said in a statement that the talks stressed that free and fair elections, return of refugees and displaced people, Croats, Serbs and others, and efforts to restore economic prosperity would contribute to the successful implementation of the UNTAES mandate. According to the statement, Granic expressed support for the work of UNTAES, including full respect for human and minority rights. Granic described Tuesday's visit to Vukovar by Croatian President Franjo Tudjman as a step which showed the Serb population and the international community that Croatia supported the peaceful reintegration of the region. According to sources close to the Croatian delegation attending a two-day conference on Bosnia-Herzegovina in London, Klein said that the UNTAES mandate would end in time. (hina) vm 042247 MET dec 96