MINISTER GRANIC MEETS WITH UN SECRETARY GENERAL

NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign and Deputy Prime Minister Mate Granic, the special envoy of President Tudjman, met Tuesday with UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali. Assistant to the Secretary General Marrack Goulding, Co-chairman of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia Thorvald Stoltenberg and Croatian Ambassador to UN Mario Nobilo were also present at the meeting. Minister Granic explained to the UN Secretary General President Tudjman's Peace Initiative and Croatia's attitudes towards other peace initiatives which appeared later (Germany, France, Greece). The Croatian Minister talked about his visit to Sarajevo and his talks held with Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic. Granic informed Ghali about the Croatian proposal on ceasefire and peaceful resolution of the conflict between the Bosnian Army and HVO. He warned about difficult position of Croats in central Bosnia and requested for their protection. The talks also focused on necessity of free passage of humanitarian convoys in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The participants in the meeting were especially interested in President Tudjman's peace Initiative. During the morning, Minister Granic discussed the same issues with American Ambassador to UN Madeleine Albright and Ambassadors of Pakistan, Great Britain and Austria. Minister Granic will return to Zagreb on Wednesday. 162213 MET nov 93