BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 2357 HINA ZAGREB,02.05.97 NO OF PAGES: 11

BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 2357 HINA ZAGREB,02.05.97 NO OF PAGES: 11 CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES CONTACT GROUP REPS ZAGREB, Feb 5 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic and Vice Premier Ivica Kostovic on Wednesday received chiefs of missions of Contact Group countries, EU Troika and Belgium accredited in Croatia, at their request, a statement from the Croatian Foreign Ministry said. "Minister Granic thanked the present diplomats for their support to the Security Council Presidential Statement and stressed the importance of the Croatian government's Letter of Intent forwarded to the Security Council and of the Presidential Statement. Granic had briefed the diplomats about the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area stressing the readiness of the Croatian government to fully fulfill all its commitments from these documents. Certain extremists could not obstruct the holding of elections or the peaceful implementation of the Croatian Danubia