OSIJEK AUTHORITIES WANT DRAVA-DANUBE WATERWAY REOPENED

OSIJEK, April 5 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic today held talks with Osijek County authorities. Regarding Serb-occupied areas in eastern Croatia, Granic emphasized that any speculation about Baranja and parts of Slavonia was out of the question since these areas, bordering on Serbia, were of great strategic importance. Osijek County prefect Branimir Glavas asked Granic that negotiations between the Croatian government and local Serb authorities, conducted with international mediation, should include the opening of communications, primarily the Drava-Danube waterway and the Osijek-Beli Manastir-Mohacs railway line. Glavas said that the process of the peaceful reintegration of occupied territories should begin in eastern Croatia. Representatives of the Commission for Imprisoned and Missing Persons demanded that exhumations in occupied areas should not be allowed without Croatian officials being present. (hina) mm vm 051501 MET apr 95