CORRECT VERSION OF NEWS ITEM HEADLINED "SARINIC MEETS RUSSIAN OFFI

OFFI $ CIALS" ZAGREB, Jan 4 (Hina) - We wish to cancel a news item headlined "Sarinic Meets Russian Officials". The following is the correct text. The Croatian President's chief-of-staff, Hrvoje Sarinic, today received Vladimir Ivanovski, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for Europe charged with dealing with issues concerning countries in the former Yugoslavia, and department aide, Vladislav Krasavin. Russian Ambassador in Croatia Leonid Kerestedzhiyants also attended the meeting, a statement from the Croatian President's Office said this evening. Sarinic and the Russian foreign ministry delegation discussed the possibilities of a settlement to the crisis in Croatia and the reintegration of occupied Croatian areas. Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic this afternoon also received Ivanovski and Krasavin, a Croatian foreign ministry statement said. Ivanovski informed Granic of Russia's latest efforts to accelerate a solution to the crisis in the former Yugoslavia. (hina) mar sd mms 042106 MET jan 95