RUSSIAN ENVOY CURKIN ON LIFTING SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

MONTENEGRO $ ZAGREB, Nov 14 (Hina) - After his meeting with the President Tudjman the special envoy of the Russian President, Mr. Vitalij Curkin said that the Federation of Russia would support the demand of the Republic of Croatia forwarded to the Security Council, that the protected areas be established in the Croatian enclaves in Central Bosnia. Commenting on the Russian initiative to lift the sanctions imposed on Serbia and Montenegro, providing that the Bosnian Serbs should sign the peace plan on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Curkin said: "I was ensuring President Tudjman that a solution to the issue of B-H and lifting of sanction against Serbia and Montenegro might create conditions for the solution of the issue of UNPAs," adding that "if the sanctions might be prolonged and further connected with the issue of UNPAs in Croatia, this could make situation worse." Mr. Vitalij Curkin will leave Zagreb for Rome and Athens in order to get consultations about these issues. 141434 MET nov 93