CROATIA DEEPLY CONCERNED DESPITE LEGITIMACY OF SFOR ACTION

( Editorial: --> 9637 ) COPENHAGEN, Dec 19 (Hina) - Croatia does not deny the legitimacy of an SFOR action which apprehended two Bosnian Croats indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for war crimes. But it does express "deep concern" with the fact that the main people indicted of war crimes are still at large and there are no indictments issued for crimes against Croats in Bosnia- Herzegovina. Croatian Foreign Minister told reporters in Copenhagen on Friday that he had expressed Croatia's concern during bilateral talks with officials attending the OSCE ministerial session. "Croatia does not deny the legitimacy of what SFOR has done, but on the other hand, expresses deep concern that all main actors indicted of war crimes, starting with Karadzic, Mladic and Martic are free and that nothing is being done about it, as well as that nobody has been indicted of crimes against Croats in Bosnia- Herzegovina," Granic said. The Croatian side had expressed deep concern at all meetings in Copenhagen, Granic said, citing as examples meetings with the deputy US State Secretary, Strobe Talbot, with foreign ministers of western countries and Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeniy Primakov. (hina) lm jn 191438 MET dec 97