CRO AND BOSNIAN REPS NEGOTIATE SETTING UP OF INTERSTATE COUNCIL

( Editorial: --> 5578 ) ZAGREB, Dec 3 (Hina) - Delegations of the Croatian and Bosnia- Herzegovina Interior Ministries held talks in Zagreb for negotiations on the establishment of an Interstate Council for cooperation between the two countries, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Croatian delegation is headed by ambassadors Zoran Bosnjak and Darinko Bago, and the Bosnian delegation by Ministry secretary Fuad Sabeta and Ambassador Kasim Trnka. The delegations were received by Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic. The negotiations were based on the text of a Croatian draft agreement accepted by the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency as a basis for negotiations, and based on a proposal of the Bosnian side. The next round of talks will be held during a session of the Council for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement in Bosnia- Herzegovina in Bonn on 9 and 10 December, when the dynamics of negotiations about other agreements would also be proposed. (hina) lm jn 032128 MET dec 97