CROATIA WANTS TO PEACEFULLY SOLVE UNPA PROBLEM, SANADER SAYS

PULA, Sep 3 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader addressed participants in the world seminar of Slavicists in Pula last night. He informed them about the current Croatian foreign policy. Talking about the problem on the temporarily occupied Croatian areas, Sanader said: "Croatia committed itself to a peaceful solution of the problem. Croatia is against the war option, which brings a peril and devastations, but it also cannot tolerate status quo and the fact that 400,000 displaced persons and refugees cannot return to their homes." Sanader said that Croatia's main goal was to become a full member of the Council of Europe and the European Union. Sanader also talked about the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, stressing that the Bosnian problem and the problem on Croatian occupied areas should be solved at the same time. (hina) mm ks 031414 MET sep 94