BISCEVIC RECEIVES YUGOSLAV EMBASSY OFFICIAL

ZAGREB, Feb 5 (Hina) - An Assistant Foreign Minister of Croatia, Hido Biscevic, on Wednesday received the charge d'affaires of the Yugoslav (FRY) Embassy in Zagreb, Momir Radosavljevic, at his own request, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Radosavljevic notified the Croatian official of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's initiative for starting legal procedure to recognize Serbian and Montenegrin 17 November 1996 local elections results. Evaluating as positive the readiness for a democratic settlement of internal political relations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro), Biscevic said he was expecting that recognition of the elections results would help stabilize political developments in Yugoslavia in the interest of Yugoslavia's fulfillment of its international obligations toward the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Dayton Accords and the Agreement on Normalization of Relations with the Republic of Croatia. Biscevic reaffirmed Croatia's interest in continuing to normalize relations with Yugoslavia to the benefit of the entire peace process and completion of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area. According to him, Croatia is expecting that Yugoslavia firmly supports activities of the Transitional Administrator of the Croatian Danubian area, General Jacques Klein, and of the Croatian Government in preparations for elections in eastern Slavonia within the envisaged time frame. Biscevic and Radosavljevic considered the appointment of a Yugoslav ambassador to Zagreb, and continuation of negotiations on certain provisions of the Normalization Agreement, that are of great importance to citizens of the two countries. (hina) jn mš 051815 MET feb 97