PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RECEIVES SPEAKER OF NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENT

ZAGREB, Nov 8 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman received the Speaker of the Norwegian Parliament, Kristi Kolle Grondahl, the President's office said today in a statement. The talks focused on the settlement of the crisis in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Grondahl welcomed the establishment of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and offered Norway's support in the peaceful resolution of the problem of Croatia's occupied areas, the statement said. President Tudjman outlined the causes of the crisis and Croatia's peace efforts. He said the Serb extremists in the occupied areas were using UNPROFOR's presence to freeze the occupation, Cyprus-wise. "If the reintegration of the occupied areas does not start according to schedule, we may find ourselves compelled to reject another UNPROFOR mandate," President Tudjman said. He added that Croatia guaranteed the Serbs all civil and ethnic rights under international supervision. Speaker Groendahl said she hoped the occupied areas would be reintegrated by peaceful means. Also present were the President's foreign-policy advisor Zeljko Matic, the Norwegian charge d'affaires, Arne Lundby, and deputy chairman of the Parliament's foreign-policy committee, Bozidar Petrac. (hina) as 081430 MET nov 94