CRO FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS WITH POOS, KINKEL - STATEMENT

ZAGREB, Sept 12 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on Friday held talks over the phone with the chairman of the European Union's Council of Ministers, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jacques Poos, and German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, a spokesman of the Croatian Ministry said in a statement. Granic notified Poos and Kinkel about the successfully terminated talks Croatian President Franjo Tudjman had scheduled in relation to a decision of the Croatian Democratic Union Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina not to take part in the Bosnian municipal election scheduled for 13 and 14 September. Taking part in the talks were also the head of the Bosnian mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Robert Frowick, Bosnian Croat political leaders, the high international representative for the implementation of the Dayton peace accord in BH, Carlos Westendorp, and his deputy Jacques Klein. Granic pointed out OSCE's Frowick accepted the Bosnian Croats' justified demands, and the Bosnian Croat political leadership agreed to take part in the election. Kinkel and Poos welcomed the agreement which ensured HDZ BH's participation in the municipal election, and pointed out the President Tudjman's significant role in reaching the agreement, the Croatian Foreign Ministry statement concluded. (hina) ha jn 121349 MET sep 97