CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS CONTACT GROUP OFFICIALS

ZAGREB, Nov 6 (Hina) - Croatian foreign minister Mate Granic today met the ambassadors of Contact Group member states and ambassadors to the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia. In a separate meeting he also spoke with the special envoys of Contact Group members. Granic told reporters that both meetings concentrated on the situation in occupied Croatian territories and Bosnia- Herzegovina. Granic said he informed the foreign diplomats of his recent talks with Yugoslav foreign minister Vladislav Jovanovic, reiterating Croatia's stance that a further normalization of relations was not possible without Yugoslavia recognizing Croatia within its internationally-accepted borders. Granic stressed that the recognition would be a firm indicator of Croatia's territorial integrity and sovereignty as well as the reintegration of the UNPAs into its administrative system. Speaking of the peace process in Croatia, Granic quoted US ambassador Peter Galbraith as saying that it was agreed that Croatia's territorial integrity and sovereignty would be respected. On the current situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Granic said it was a result of the Serb rejection of the Contact Group peace plan. Therefore, he stressed, the Contact Group would isolate the Bosnian Serbs. Granic said the involvment of nearly 2,000 Croatian Serbs in Bosnian fighting was particularly disturbing. According to Granic, the talks also focused on possible effects of current developments in Bosnia-Herzegovina, if the Serbs continued to reject the peace plan, and their reflection on Croatia. Granic concluded by saying that the peace process continued and that the problem of occupied Croatian territories would be solved in parallel with the peace process in Bosnia-Herzegovina. (hina) vm 061652 MET nov 94