MINISTER GRANIC ON SITUATION IN CROATIA AND BOSNIA

ZAGREB, Dec 28 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign and Deputy Prime Minister Mate Granic said at today's session of Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Policy that the Croatian policy towards UNPAs is based on the UN Security Council Resolution 871. Referring to the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Minister Granic said Muslims requested a large passage out to the sea and not an access in order to make reaching the agreement impossible and to solve the issue of central Bosnia by military force. Dealing with continuation of Muslim offensive, Granic said that Croatia's orientation is the cessation of conflict. Minister Granic clarified that one of the proposed solutions for an exchange of territories was 10 km on the Prevlaka peninsula for Neum and the hinterland of Dubrovnik, stressing that the end of war remains the most important prerequisite for any variant of exchange. Granic said that Croatia will not allow any cutting through its territory. According to his judgment, actual attitudes of Slovenian officials do not implicate the short term agreement about the Bay of Piran. 281849 MET dec 93