MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF CRO, FRY CONTRIBUTES TO PEACE - SIMONOVIC

ZAGREB, Sept 9 (Hina) - Deputy Croatian Foreign Minister Ivan Simonovic on Monday told Hina that today's exchange of notes of the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Zagreb and Belgrade signified "the end of the political and diplomatic-legal procedure of mutual recognition of the two countries within their international borders". Simonovic added that "with the establishment of diplomatic relations, the Croatian bureau in Belgrade and the Yugoslav bureau in Zagreb were raised to the level of embassies and the two countries will exchange ambassadors". Simonovic pointed out that "the act of mutual diplomatic recognition and the establishment of diplomatic relations facilitates the solving of the remaining open issues, which will undoubtedly be a contribution to the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area, but also to peace in this part of Europe". (hina) ha jn 091253 MET sep 96