GRANIC, FROWICK DISCUSS PREPARATIONS FOR BOSNIA LOCAL ELECTIONS

ZAGREB, Jan 29 (Hina) - Croatia's Foreign Minister Mate Granic, on Wednesday received Ambassador Robert Frowick, the chief of the OSCE (Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe) mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Frowick informed Minister Granic of steps the OSCE mission was taking to prepare municipal elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He said that on Tuesday agreement was reached on basic rules and procedures in holding municipal elections, scheduled for 12 and 13 July. Minister Granic vowed that Croatia would fully support the preparations and holding of municipal elections in Bosnia- Herzegovina. The Croatian Minister said he believed that the Bosnian Federation Parliament's adoption of a law on organization of new municipalities in the (Croat-Moslem) Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina would certainly contribute to success of the elections. At the end of the talks Frowick thanked authorities of the Republic of Croatia for help they had offered during the organization and holding the September 1996 elections in Bosnia. (hina) jn mš 291609 MET jan 97