ZAGREB, March 21 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula and Jacques Klein, special envoy of the U.N. Secretary-General and coordinator of U.N. operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, met in Zagreb on Thursday to discuss the status
of Croat refugees from Drvar, the situation on Croatia's southernmost peninsula of Prevlaka, and Croatia-Yugoslavia talks on an agreement on the state border, the Ministry said in a statement.
ZAGREB, March 21 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula
and Jacques Klein, special envoy of the U.N. Secretary-General and
coordinator of U.N. operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, met in
Zagreb on Thursday to discuss the status of Croat refugees from
Drvar, the situation on Croatia's southernmost peninsula of
Prevlaka, and Croatia-Yugoslavia talks on an agreement on the state
border, the Ministry said in a statement. #L#
Minister Picula informed his guest about his meeting with Croat
refugees from Drvar in Knin. The two officials agreed that it was
necessary to find a solution which would enable Croats to stay in
Bosnia-Herzegovina and alleviate the current situation, the
statement says.
Picula and Klein agreed that there was no more reason for the
presence of the U.N. military observers on Prevlaka (UNMOP) and
that the mission's mandate should be completed.
Picula also informed Klein about the establishment of a joint
Croatian-Yugoslav commission on the establishment of the state
border, preparations for an agreement on the state border, and the
successful beginning of the commission's work.
Klein informed Picula about plans to simultaneously complete the
U.N. missions in Bosnia and Croatia at the end of the year, when U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected to visit the region.
Welcoming Annan's visit, Picula said he hoped conditions would soon
be met in direct talks with Yugoslavia for the UNMOP mandate to end
before the mandate of the U.N. Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, i.e.
in the middle of this year.
(hina) rml