BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3281

HR-TALKS-BANKS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3281 BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3281HINA Zagreb June 21, 1999CROATIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S AUTONOMY BUT NOT INDEPENDENCE - DOMLJANZAGREB, June 21 (Hina) - The Croatian Sabor's Committee for Foreign Affairs on Monday received a delegation of the Italian Parliament's Committee for Foreign Affairs for talks on the situation in Kosovo and the region after the termination of NATO strikes against Yugoslavia. "Croatia does not support Kosovo's independence, because that would be contrary to the inviolability of borders, but strongly supports Kosovo's high autonomy, even though not in the degree this province once had in the (former Yugoslav federation)," Zarko Domljan, vice president of the Croatian Sabor, said. He said Croatia also advocates special status for Vojvodina, a region in north-eastern Yugoslavia. According to Achille Occhetto, chairman of the Italian Parliament's committee, Italy believes Croatia and its view of Kosov