About 3.5 tonnes of land books and documents were brought to Zagreb in a truck. They had been taken to Serbia during the early 1990s occupation of the Croatian municipality (some 100 kilometres south of Zagreb, at the border with Bosnia).
"The return of the books is an important thing," said Skare-Ozbolt, adding that they would facilitate investment in the Dvor Na Uni area.
She handed the documents to Sisak County Court president Danko Kovac and Dvor Na Uni Municipal Court temporary president Mirko Djukic.
Minister Ljajic said the return of the land books was very significant and that it would contribute to the normalisation of relations between the two countries. He added about 30 land books from Gracac had also been found in Serbia's archives and that they would be returned soon.
The return of the land books comes in the wake of an agreement the two ministers reached during Skare-Ozbolt's recent visit to Belgrade.
After handing over the land books Ljajic went to the Lepoglava penitentiary, where he said he would try to persuade a group of Serbian prisoners, who demand to serve out their sentences in Serbia and Montenegro, to stop refusing the prison's food.
Ljajic said he would try to find a solution with Skare-Ozbolt so that they could be transferred to Serbia and Montenegro.
He recalled that a Croatian citizen was recently transferred from Montenegro, where he had been serving a 15-year sentence for killing 12 people in a car crash, and voiced hope Croatia would show understanding for his country's citizens.
Skare-Ozbolt said both countries were signatories to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, recalling that the transfer procedure required a certain amount of time to be carried out. Ljajic added that before the transfer, the courts in his country must confirm the Croatian sentences.