CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LEAVES FOR NEW YORK

ZAGREB, Nov 14 (Hina) - The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Croatia, Mate Granic, left for New York on Sunday afternoon. As a special envoy of President Franjo Tudjman, in the next two days he is scheduled to meet with UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and other senior officials of the world organization and inform them in detail of the Croatian President's peace initiative. Particular attention is expected to be paid on the proposal for the peaceful reintegration of the occupied territories into the legal and political system of the Republic of Croatia and on the mandate of the UN Protection Force. In light of the Sarajevo talks last Friday, possibilities of bringing the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina to a stop and of finding a peaceful solution to the conflict are also expected to be on the agenda. 141732 MET nov 93