SARAJEVO: CROATIAN PM VISITS BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA ARCHBISHOP

SARAJEVO, July 14 (Hina) - Bosnia-Herzegovina Archbishop Vinko Puljic and his associates on Monday held talks with Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan, who is on an official visit to Bosnia, Catholic News Agency reported. #L# There was about 800,000 Catholics in Bosnia before the war, as opposed to the current 466,000, Puljic said and pointing to big problems returnees are facing in the Bosnian Serb entity. The cardinal also reminded of the problems in the construction of churches in Sarajevo. During the talks, Puljic thanked the Croatian government on its help in several projects in Bosnia, Catholic News Agency said. The Croatian PM informed Puljic of the talks he held with Bosnia- Herzegovina officials in Sarajevo, adding that significant progress had been made in the two countries' cooperation. (hina) it sb