PUPOVAC SAYS POSITION OF CROATS IN SERBIA CAN HELD SERBS IN CROATIA

BELGRADE, Sept 12 (Hina) - The position of the Croat minority in Serbia or some of its territory, such as Vojvodina, could no doubt advance the position of Serbs in Croatia, the president of the Serb National Council in Croatia, Milorad Pupovac, told the Novi Sad- based Dnevnik daily. #L# Pupovac said this commenting on a statement which the president of the Vojvodina parliament, Nenad Canak, made after talks with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic. Canak said he suggested Mesic that a Croatian parliamentary delegation should visit Vojvodina to get acquainted with the experience of multilinguality in Vojvodina's parliament in which Croatian is one of the five official languages. The meeting should also be used for launching an initiative for the implementation of the Serbian language in the Croatian parliament, in line with the principle of reciprocity. "I must admit that apart that issue, Serbs in Croatia have more difficult issues. First of all, we need the return of refugees, the restitution of property and reconstruction," Pupovac said. (hina) it