CROATIA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION IN KOSOVO

( Editorial: --> 7658 ) ZAGREB, March 6 (Hina) - Croatia is following conflicts in Kosovo with great concern, fearing that further escalation could seriously destabilise FR Yugoslavia and cause a wider crisis in the southeast of Europe, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday. Croatia joins the international community in condemning all kinds of violence and expresses sorrow for the victims, appealing for the conflicts to cease and for the situation to calm down. Croatia supports the territorial integrity of every European country in the spirit of the Pact on Stability in Europe and basic principles of the OSCE. Croatia is convinced that the solution to the crisis can only be found in equal dialogue between Serbian authorities and the Albanian community in Kosovo, with a guarantee of full protection of all human, minority and political rights of Kosovo Albanians, according to European standards, the statement siad. (hina) lm mm 061507 MET mar 98