CROATIA WILL SURELY ACCEDE TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE - GRANIC

NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic discussed Croatia's accession to the Council of Europe with the foreign ministers of Denmark, Austria and Luxemburg in New York on Wednesday. "All three ministers support Croatia's accession to the Council of Europe," Granic said after separate meetings with Denmark's Niels Helveg Peterson, Austria's Wolfgang Schuessel and Luxembourg's Jacques Poos. "As things stand now, Croatia will surely be admitted to the Council of Europe - we have practically reached the stage of discussing the signing date," Granic said. The foreign ministers of the European Union discussed Croatia's accession at a working brunch this morning. No objections to Croatia's admission were raised. Granic and the three ministers also discussed the UNTAES mandate. All three supported Croatia's view that the mandate should be as brief as possible, according to Granic. (hina) mm as 252043 MET sep 96