PETRAC MEETS FORMER PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER

ZAGREB, Dec 29 (Hina) - The deputy chairman of the Croatian Parliament's foreign policy committee, Bozidar Petrac, talked to former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif at Zagreb airport on Wednesday. Mr Sharif is travelling to Sarajevo later in the day. Mr Petrac asked Mr Sharif to use his influence on Bosnian Moslem authorities in Sarajevo so as to put a stop to the Moslem-Croat conflict and create conditions for the political settlement of the crisis. Mr Sharif said the aim of his visit was to provide fresh impetus for the peaceful resolution of the crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mr Petrac pointed out that Croatia supported all peace initiatives, underlying the importance of cessation of hostilities as a precondition for political talks between the Bosnian Moslems and Croats. The Bosnian ambassador to Croatia, Mrs Bisera Turkovic, was also present at the talks. 291746 MET dec 93