STOLTENBERG ON HIS TALKS WITH CROATIAN PRESIDENT

ZAGREB, March 24 (Hina) - The co-chairman of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY), Thorvald Stoltenberg, said his meeting last night with Croatian President Franjo Tudjman was part of the consultation process before the adoption of a resolution on a new model of international forces in Croatia. Stoltenberg told reporters in Zagreb that he was in the middle of consultations with key political figures, the results of which he would report to the UN secretary general. The report should provide the Secretary General with a basis for a Security Council report before a resolution is passed on a new mandate, he added. Stoltenberg said: "I believe we're closer to a new mandate and at this point it wouldn't be wise to give any details." He added that preparations for a new resolution were under way. Stoltenberg declined to comment on his meeting with Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic which took place earlier yesterday. (hina) rm 241054 MET mar 95