CROATIAN PARLIAMENT LIKELY TO CONVENE BEFORE JANUARY 20

ZAGREB, Jan 6 (Hina) - Croatian Parliament president Nedjeljko Mihanovic told a press conference today that Croatia could agree to extending UNPROFOR's mandate "if it helped change the indoctrinated minds of rebel Serbs in Knin to accept the peace process." If UNPROFOR's role was as inefficient as it had been during the last three years, there was no point for them to stay, he stressed. Mihanovic added that rebel Serbs in UN protected areas had trapped themselves in a ghetto corner. He said the Croatian Parliament was most likely to convene by January 20 to discuss the UN mandate. Mihanovic also spoke of his recent visit to Brazil where he had attended the inauguration of President Fernando Henrique Cardos. (hina) jn vm 061608 MET jan 95