HEAD OF CROATIAN OFFICE IN BELGRADE MEETS YUGOSLAV DEPUTY PREMIER

BELGRADE, June 14 (Hina) - The head of the Croatian office in Belgrade, Zvonimir Markovic, handed to Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister Zeljko Simic a letter from Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic which expounds Croatia's views on ways of normalizing Croatian-Serbian relations, a Hina correspondent in Belgrade said. In a 90-minute conversation, Simic and Markovic agreed that the one-month truce in Bosnia-Herzegovina should be used for preparations for the second and third phase of the process of normalizing relations between Zagreb and Knin (rebel Serb stronghold in UN Sector South), and for solving problems which obstruct the normalization of relations between Croatia and Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). The March 29 cease-fire agreement, signed by representatives of the Croatian government and Serb rebels at the Russian embassy in Zagreb, constitutes the first stage in normalizing relations. The agreement has not been fully implemented to date. The second stage should focus on economic and political issues. 142016 MET jun 94