ZUZUL ON US PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT TO ZAGREB

ZAGREB, Jan 12 (Hina) - US President Clinton's visit to Bosnia- Herzegovina and Croata was "extremely significant," President Tudjman's special envoy Miomir Zuzul said on Friday. Speaking in the Croatian TV news broadcast this evening, Zuzul said President Clinton's visit was the "culmination of bilateral relations between the United States and Croatia, which have been on the increase since President Clinton was elected." "This also shows support to Croatia's efforts to resolve its problems, and the understanding of Croatia's role in the peace process," he said. Commenting the contents of a draft UN resolution on the reintegration of eastern Croatia, which is expected to be passed in the next few days, Zuzul said President Clinton's visit and the passage of the resolution "coincided not only in terms of time." "The resolution will probably be passed today or on Monday at the latest," he said. "According to our first estimate, the draft is satisfactory and its contents correspond to what has been agreed in Dayton." "The resolution explicitly stipulates that a representative of the US Administration will be in charge of the implementation of both the civilian and the military aspects of the resolution, as has been agreed by the United States and Croatia," Zuzul said. "We mustn't forget that very explicit statements by US President Clinton and Secretary of State Warren Christopher, that Croatia would fully regain control of its territory, were also part of the Dayton process," he said. "I think the passage of such a resolution and President Clinton's arrival in Zagreb are symbolically linked. I think we may be optimistic about resolving the problem of the occupied part of Croatia. I believe this will open a new page in the relations between Croatia and the United States, and the whole Western world," Zuzul concluded. (hina) as 122259 MET jan 96