MINISTER GRANIC ADDRESSES MINISTERIAL MEETING OF CSCE

ROME, Dec 1 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign and Deputy Prime Minister Mate Granic addressed a ministerial meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) on Wednesday. On behalf of the Croatian Government, Minister Granic "greeted the establishment of the CSCE mission in UNPA's in Croatia, which could help a dialogue between the communities and the peaceful reintegration of UNPA's into the political, economic and legal system of the Republic of Croatia." Minister Granic said that Croatia is still facing the Serb aggression against its sovereignty and territorial integrity. He reminded on Croatia's permanent efforts towards peace and President Tudjman's Peace Initiative, which offers concrete peaceful solutions for UNPA's in Croatia, as well as for ending the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Minister Granic said that Croatia supports the full respect of the principles of the international war and humanitarian law and it expects that activities of the International War Tribunal will be initiated in time. The CSCE should initiate military security and contribute to the long- term stability in south-eastern Europe by this. Therefore, Croatia calls on "immediate beginning of a preparation of the negotiations on the Agreement on Regional Security, including the control of armaments, disarmament and establishment of measures for strengthening the confidence and security," said Minister Granic. "The mutual recognition of sovereignty and territorial integrity of the countries in that region indisputably remains the important precondition for the outcome of the process," the Minister said. Minister Granic supported the European Community's initiative for convening a conference on the Agreement on European Stability, which is especially important for the countries of central and eastern Europe. The Minister expressed pleasure that within the CSCE peace mission the Croatian engineer military unit will be given an opportunity to participate in monitoring the implementation of the peace plan in Nagorny Karabah. 011306 MET dec 93