A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON MONDAY

ZAGREB, Jan 9 (Hina) - Today's daily VJESNIK carries out a front- page article on "Talks on Peaceful Resolution of Bosnian Crisis" following yesterday's meeting between Coatian President Franjo Tudjman and representatives from the Croatian Republic of Herzeg- Bosnia and the Croat-Moslem Federation in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The daily includes an article on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission in Croatia saying that the IMF is to examine whether Croatia has fulfilled all provisions from a Letter of Intent regarding its economic stabilization program. Croatian Prime Minister Nikica Valentic today left for a five- day visit to China. Vjesnik quotes him as saying that China is Croatia's biggest trade partner and that in 1994 the two countries exchanged commodities worth USD 390 million. Another Zagreb-based daily, VECERNJI LIST, publishes an interview with Parliament member Slavko Canjuga, who called for passing more laws to make the privatization process more effective. "Another Soap Bubble?" is the headline of an article on a seven-day-old ceasefire in Bosnia-Herzegovina. "Unless UN commander in Bosnia Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Rose (or his successor) achieved some spectacular success, 'the so far most serious ceasefire in Bosnia' would be just a dead letter," Vecernji List says. (Hina) vr 091318 MET jan 95