MOSTAR, Aug 16 (Hina) - Croatia and Bosnia must enable all of their citizens to fully exercise their property rights if they wish to become parts of the European family, Zdravko Tomac, Croatian parliament vice president and chairman
of its foreign affairs committee, said on Saturday.
MOSTAR, Aug 16 (Hina) - Croatia and Bosnia must enable all of their
citizens to fully exercise their property rights if they wish to
become parts of the European family, Zdravko Tomac, Croatian
parliament vice president and chairman of its foreign affairs
committee, said on Saturday. #L#
"If Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia wish to be
parts of Europe, they have to return all property to pre-war owners
and enable all who wish to return (to pre-war homes) to do so," Tomac
said after mass at Cer, a village near Doboj in Bosnia's Serb entity
Bosnian Croat refugees are returning to.
Tomac said both countries' authorities must also provide safe
living conditions for returnees.
Dragan Covic, the chairman of Bosnia's collective presidency, who
also visited Cer, said the country's authorities would enable the
completion of the refugee return process by the end of 2004.
He commended Bosnian Serb authorities on their cooperation in
connection with the return of Croat refugees, but pointed to lack of
funds for the reconstruction and sustainable returns.
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