GRANIC MEETS NEW EUMM CHIEF, FRENCH AMBASSADOR TUROT

ZAGREB, Jan 4 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic today received French Ambassador Albert Turot, who is to head the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) for the next six months. Granic welcomed Turot and expressed his satisfaction with cooperation between the EUMM and Croatian authorities, a foreign ministry statement said today. The forthcoming period would be of great importance to Croatia both for the reintegration of occupied Croatian territories into Croatia's constitutional and legal system and for the country's ultimate inclusion in European integration, Granic said. Granic informed Turot of the talks between the Croatian Government and UNPA Serb representatives, pointing out that Croatia was not satisfied with current implementation of the Economic Agreement. Granic also emphasized that the quality of the implementation of the agreement would have consequences on the decision on whether or not to extend the UNPROFOR mandate in Croatia. Croatia welcomed both the agreement on ending hostilities and continued talks on the peaceful resolution to the Bosnian crisis. But at the same time Croatia insisted on resolving the problem of reintegrating its occupied territories, Granic concluded. (hina) mm sd mms 041855 MET jan 95