CROATIA CALLS FOR ZAGREB-TOVARNIK RAILWAY TO BE REOPENED

ZAGREB, Jan 5 (Hina) - UNPROFOR experts, two Croatian Railways officials and two UNPA Serb representatives are going to inspect the whole length of the Zagreb-Okucani-Brod-Mirkovci railway, up to the Croatian border town of Tovarnik, President Tudjman's Chief-of- Staff Hrvoje Sarinic said today in a statement. The experts were to report on the state of the railway by January 10 and suggest repairs if necessary, the statement said. The statement came after allegations that Croatia was insisting the railway be open only as far as Mirkovci. As part of the process of normalizing relations and restoring Croatian authority in occupied areas, Croatia wants the railway to be open from Zagreb to its eastern border, the statement said. Sarinic yesterday held a successful meeting with Russia's Foreign Ministry officials and Ambassador to Croatia Leonid Kerestedjiants. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Department for Europe, Vladimir Ivanovski, said Russia maintained its stance that Croatia's sovereignty and territorial integrity could not be called into question. Such a view was also supported during a recent visit to Moscow by Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader, the statement said. (hina) vm 051917 MET jan 95