FOREIGN MEETING ON GRANIC-UGGLAS MEETING

ZAGREB, Nov 24 (Hina) - Croatian Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister Dr.Mate Granic met today with the Swedish Foreign Minister Baroness Margaretha af Ugglas, a statement released by the Croatian Foreign Ministry says. Minister Granic told his Swedish counterpart about Croatia's views on the reintegration of the occupied Croatian territories, stopping the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina and reaching a permanent solution for the entire territory of the former Yugoslavia as expressed in President Tudjman's peace initiative. He recalled Croatia's efforts for relieving the humanitarian situation in B-H and releasing the prisoners, and that Croatia has condemned all crimes regardless of which side had committed them as well as that it requires punishment for all those who committed them. Minister Ugglas expressed Sweden's concern with the fighting in central Bosnia and the deteriorating humanitarian situation. She also stressed that Sweden supports territorial integrity of the Republic of Croatia and the peaceful reintegration of the occupied parts of the Republic on the "step by step" principle with the respect and guarantees for the minority rights according to the international standards. (End) 242141 MET nov 93