MINISTER GRANIC ON YESTERDAY'S SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION

ZAGREB, Oct 1 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister, Mate Granic, today said the latest UN Security Council Resolution "had created a framework for a viable solution." "The Resolution calls on all states emerging from the wreck of former Yugoslavia to recognise each other," Minister Granic said on the 7.30 national TV news broadcast. The Resolution extended the UNPROFOR mandate in Croatia for six months. Under the Resolution, the five-power Contact Group is to draw up a "plan for the reintegration of the UN Protected Areas into Croatia." "The Resolution also calls on UNPROFOR to implement all the relevant UNSC resolutions, particularly Resolution 871," Minister Granic said. "We expect the Contact Group to come up with their plan in about six weeks," he said. "The Croatian delegation rejected the wording of a Russian proposal, because we wanted to have a definite schedule, which included a call for mutual recognition as a first step, followed by the Contact Group plan," Minister Granic said. Commenting a provision on the safe return of refugees, Granic said UNPROFOR's task was to organise the return to the 'blue zones', while the Contact Group was to elaborate a concrete plan for the return of all refugees. "This plan will then be submitted to the Security Council and Belgrade will be asked to support it, as it was asked to support the Contact Group plan for Bosnia-Herzegovina," Minister Granic said. (hina) as 012128 MET oct 94