PRESIDENTIAL DEFENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL IN SESSION

ZAGREB, Nov 2 (Hina) - The Presidential Defence and National Security Council met today under President Tudjman's chairmanship to discuss various domestic and foreign policy issues, the President's office said in a statement. The Council agreed that Croatian government representatives consistently expound Croatia's view and insist on concrete deadlines for resolving particular issues. The Council strongly condemned the killing of Milan Crnjak, a refugee who went to visit his mother's grave in Canak (situated on a strip of no man's land bordering on occupied territory). The Council protested over the fact that the refugees were not supposed to visit cemeteries in occupied areas. The Council agreed that Croatia continue taking appropriate steps to make its view well known to the international community. The Government was instructed to establish a detailed analysis on ownership transformation and the privatisation processes - the subject of partly well-founded but, at times, equally unjustified public criticism. (hina) as sd 021612 MET nov 94