STATEMENT BY CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

ZAGREB, Dec 2 (Hina) - Croatia is ready to negotiate with Bosnian Muslims on economic issues, but it will not make territorial concessions, said Croatian Foreign and Deputy Prime Minister Mate Granic after his return from Rome on Thursday, where he attended the Ministerial meeting of the CSCE. "More pressure will be exerted on Croatia in connection with the Muslim request for the access to the sea," estimated Granic. It is clear that Bosnian Muslims want to establish their independent state and that the main issue during the Geneva negotiations will be territorial defining of the state, said Granic. But, several ministers at the CSCE meeting in Rome supported Croatia's attitude not to make territorial concessions, stressed Granic. The Croatian Minister positively estimated the final report and document of the CSCE, which says about necessity of the peaceful reintegration of UNPAs into the Croatian legal system. These documents also include the attitude on necessity of mutual recognition of Croatia and Serbia as foundation of achieving the peace. 021239 MET dec 93