TUDJMAN AND VALENTIC MEETS WITH CHIEF EDITORS OF CROATIAN MEDIA

ZAGREB, Nov 16 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Prime Minister Nikica Valentic held talks late Tuesday afternoon with directors and chief editors of the Croatian media. At the beginning of the talks President Tudjman answered the question about peace initiatives of Germany, Greece and France. "From our point of view, neither one of those initiatives is completely acceptable... Ministers Jouppe and Kinkel are afraid that the war could extend and they think that Croatia could wait for the resolution of the issue on UNPA's and that the main task is to stop the war in B-H. We also think that halting the war in B-H is the main task but we cannot delay solving the UNPA problem. Because of that, we made such a concrete proposal for the resolution of the UNPA issue and for connecting the both issues in the interest of peace and making of assumptions for the arrangement of the relations on the territory of the former Yugoslavia (president Tudjman's Peace Initiative)," said President Tudjman. "It is clear that all what is expected to be done for the normalization of the relations cannot be guaranteed by present forces and present UNPROFOR mandate. Because of that, the Croatian Government and UN Secretary General will have to discuss at the end of this month what has been achieved and what steps should be undertaken in order that UNPROFOR could stay in Croatia," said the President answering the question about UNPROFOR operations in Croatia. Answering the journalist's question, Prime Minister Nikica Valentic said that the inflation will be five or even four percents this month. "After the falling of inflation, more difficult job is forthcoming - restructuring and afterwards stimulating measures for the revival of production," Valentic said. 162333 MET nov 93