CROATIAN PRESIDENT AND GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEET IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, Jan 31 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman this morning received German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel. They discussed the UNPROFOR mandate in Croatia and the situation in the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the city of Mostar. "The German government and I find the (Croatia's) decision to cancell the UNPROFOR mandate a mistake," Kinkel told reporters after the talks. Kinkel said he asked the Croatian president to do all he could to help European Union efforts in Mostar. He expressed fear that the situation in the Moslem-Croat federation in Bosnia-Herzegovina might develop in an unfavourable direction. Kinkel said he was travelling to Sarajevo today to express support to the Bosnian government and to boost further Contact Group efforts to get the Serbs to accept the peace plan. Earlier this morning Kinkel had also met UN special envoy Yasushi Akashi. (hina) vm 311103 MET jan 95