CROATIA'S COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEMBERSHIP BID LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED

DISCUSSED $ WEDNESDAY STRASBOURG, April 22 (Hina) - Croatia's bid for membership in the Council of Europe is likely to be discussed on Wednesday morning and there are opinions that the discussion should be linked to the one on the process of implementing the peace agreement in Bosnia, the president of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Leni Fischer, said in Strasbourg on Monday. The question of admitting Croatia to Council of Europe membership should not be mixed with problems in Bosnia, Fischer told a press conference before the official opening of a spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly. She added that the agenda of the session had not been approved yet. Serbia and Montenegro still have not applied for special guest status and unless they do so like all other countries, they will not be granted that status. If they do not send in an application, it's their problem, she added. (hina) vm 221406 MET apr 96