CROATIAN PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR GENEVA

ZAGREB, March 18 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman left for Geneva on Monday to participate in talks aimed at encouraging the further implementation of a US-sponsored peace agreement in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The meeting, organized by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, would involve Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, Bosnian Presidency member Ejup Ganic and Contact Group representatives. They would make preparations for a meeting of foreign ministers of the Contact Group, Croatia, Serbian-led Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina scheduled to take place in Moscow on March 23. "Croatia wants to step up the process of resolving the problem of the (Serb-occupied) Croatian Danubian area," Tudjman told reporters at Zagreb airport. He added that the Geneva talks would focus on Bosnia- Herzegovina and efforts to make the Croat-Moslem federation viable. Tudjman said that the meeting would help coordinate efforts by all parties but that nothing new should be expected. The Croatian delegation travelling to Geneva included Foreign Minister Mate Granic, his first assistant Ivan Simonovic, Presidential Aide-de-Camp Major General Kresimir Kaspar and State Protocol Director Ivan Misetic. They were accompanied by the US Ambassador to Croatia, Peter Galbraith. (hina) vm 181045 MET mar 96