In an interview run by the Sarajevo-based "Dnevni avaz" daily, Kebo said that he and Croatian Development Minister Bozidar Kalmeta last week held a meeting to discuss, among other issues, the status of Croatian Serbs currently residing in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The exact number of refugees residing in Bosnia-Herzegovina will be known after February 15, when the deadline for their re-registration expires, after which the governments of the two countries will be able to take concrete measures, Kebo said.
Preliminary data show that the number of refugees in Bosnia has been significantly reduced, he said.
Kebo said that Croatia was willing to provide adequate housing in pre-war places of residence for all former tenancy rights holders wishing to return and that all those interested in returning to their homes should apply by June this year.
Commenting on Bosnian citizens residing in Croatia, Kebo said that there were some 60,000 people with such a status.
Most of them have decided to stay in Croatia for good, but some 3,200 wish to return to their homes and efforts are being made to provide at least basic conditions for their return, Kebo said.
Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina will pay special attention to solving the problem of return to Bosnia's northern Posavina region, Kebo said.