BOKA KOTORSKA CROAT BROTHERHOOD SENDS LETTER TO GRANIC

ZAGREB, March 26 (Hina) - The Croat brotherhood "Bokelj navy 809" on Tuesday sent a letter to the Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic, asking that the Croatian Foreign Ministry and the Government launch an initiative for the demilitarization of the Boka Kotorska region, on an appropriate international level. The political and legal foundation for such an initiative can be found in Resolution 1038 of the U.N. Security Council, which calls for the demilitarization of the Prevlaka peninsula, the letter said. The brotherhood felt that the Croatian Government should make another, firmer effort to reach a complete peaceful solution, with the help of important international factors. This solution should include "mutual demilitarization of the Prevlaka area, as a part of the Croatian state territory, and the Boka Kotorska region." "We hold that Boka Kotorska has always been part of the Croatian cultural whole and this fact should not be called into question", said the letter, signed by the brotherhood's president, Zvonimir Janovic, and vice president Jasna A. Petrovic. (hina) ha rm 261907 MET mar 96