YUGOSLAV PREMIER REFUSES TO MEET MINORITY CROAT DELEGATION

SUBOTICA, April 8 (Hina) - Yugoslav Prime Minister Radoje Kontic refused to meet a delegation of the Democratic Union of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV) without explanation, the party's headquarters in Subotica said in a statement on Friday. The statement said the DSHV delegation could only be received by Minister for Human and Minority Rights Margit Savovic. Since the DSHV had already held fruitless talks with Savovic about the plight of the Croatian community, the statement said it was not very likely that another meeting would be held at all. It noted the final decision rested with the DSHV leadership. DSHV officials in Subotica said that ethnic Hungarians in Vojvodina had also been denied request to solve their problems through dialogue. Their leader Andras Agoston asked from Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic that Vojvodina Hungarians be allowed to participate in drafting a new Minorities Bill, which Belgrade dismissed. 081614 MET apr 94