GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S STATEMENT

BONN/ZAGREB, May 2 (Hina) - Germany's Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel today in a special statement repeated his appeal to "the Croatian government and Knin authorities to stop hostilities at once". Both sides are to blame for the hostilities. In the moment of the ceasefire expiry in Bosnia-Herzegovina a new escalation in Croatia as well must be prevented, says Kinkel's statement sent to the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Germany's permanent UN representative yesterday received instructions to take part in the preparation of the report of the UN Security Council ad hoc session, which criticizes renewed hostilities and demands from the Croatian side to stop the offensive against Krajina Serbs, the statement says. The statement also says that Minister Kinkel yesterday talked on the phone with Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic, and was assured by Granic that the action of Croatian police forces was strictly limited to securing unhindered traffic on the highway. (hina) jn rm mms 021936 MET may 95