CROATIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY MEMBER ABDIC

ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Monday received member of the Bosnian Presidency Fikret Abdic. Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic was also present at the talks. The talks focused on the details of the Washington accord and the progress of the Vienna talks of the Transitional Committee, aimed at drafting a final agreement of the Croats and Bosniacs to form a federation as two equal and constituent nations and to establish confederative ties between the federation and Croatia. The Vienna talks are expected to end by 15 March when the final agreement would be signed. The Croatian president reiterated the Washington agreement was not aimed against the third party, the Serbs. According to the agreement, the Serbs are invited to join in negotiations. Abdic supported the Washington agreement, stressing he had always advocated close cooperation between the Croats and Moslems, and opposed those elements in the Moslem leadership that fanned the Croat-Moslem conflict. He put a special emphasis on the Croatian president's efforts aimed at including the Serb side into the negotiations, the Presidential Office said in a statement. 071638 MET mar 94