MINISTER GRANIC IN GENEVA

GENEVA, Jan 16 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Dr. Mate Granic arrived in Geneva on Sunday evening. Croatian Minister is planning to hold a series of meetings in Geneva two days before the beginning of a new round of the Conference on the former Yugoslavia and the arrival of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Dr. Franjo Tudjman. Upon his arrival in Geneva Croatian Foreign Minister met his Turkish counterpart, Hikmet Cetin. He is to hold meetings tomorrow with the special envoy of the Russian President, Vitalij Curkin, and of the U.S. President, Charles Radman, the Prime Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Haris Silajdzic, as well as with representatives of the European Union. Representatives of the Organization of the Islamic Countries (OIC) will discuss the issue of Bosnia-Herzegovina in Geneva on Monday, and they will hold talks on this issue with the B-H President and Prime Minister, Alija Izetbegovic and Haris Silajdzic, who are expected to arrive in Geneva on Sunday evening. The Serbian delegation is to come into Geneva on Monday. 161955 MET jan 94