GRANIC SENDS A NOTE OF PROTEST TO SLOVENIA'S AMBASSADOR

ZAGREB, Oct 5 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic today met Slovene Ambassador Matija Malesic to protest over the Municipalities Act passed by Slovenia's Parliament on October 3. The act says that four Croatian villages south of the Dragonja River are to be incorporated into the Slovene municipality of Piran, a Croatian Foreign Ministry statement said. Granic said the Slovene Parliament's decision was a unilateral act jeopardizing all efforts aimed at developing good bilateral relations. He added that it would affect talks on disputable issues between the two countries. Granic told the Slovene Ambassador that the Croatian Parliament and Government would also discuss the problem and that he would support international arbitration to resolve such issues. Granic noted that Croatia had so far tried to solve all disputes, particularly border issues, in the spirit of good neighbourly relations, and that it was willing to continue cooperation with Slovenia in the same spirit. (hina) mm vm 051232 MET oct 94