MINISTER GRANIC AT CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CENTRAL EURO

EURO $ PE'S INITIATIVE DEBRECEN, Nov 20 (Hina) - Foreign Minister of the Republic of Croatia Dr. Mate Granic is to take part at the regular conference of the foreign ministers of the ten countries of the Central Europe's Initiative, that is organized in the Hungarian town of Debrecen. The conference will be opened today by the Hungarian Foreign Minister, Geza Jeszenszky. The foreign ministers are to discuss behind the closed doors the issues of the situation on the area of the former Yugoslavia, economic cooperation between the countries-members of the Central Europe's Initiatives, while the issue of national minorities will be given special emphasis at this conference. The foreign ministers of the countries of the Central Europe's are to adopt a declaration, the main point of which were already considered by the national coordinators at Friday's session. The Croatian representative at that session of the national coordinators was Dr. Smiljan Simac, an aide to the Croatian Foreign Minister. According to certain reports received by the Croatian Foreign Ministry, one of the most subtle points of that declaration referred to the situation in the former Yugoslavia. A press-briefing of all foreign ministers of the countries- members of the Central Europe's Initiative should take place today after the end of their Conference. Croatian Foreign Minister is planning to meet the chairman of the Conference, held in Debrecen, Hungarian Foreign Minister Jeszenszky, this afternoon. 201303 MET nov 93