MACEDONIA: MEETING ON SUCCESSION OF FORMER YUGOSLAV STATES

ZAGREB, June 20 (Hina) - At a meeting on the succession of the former Yugoslav states held in Skopje, Macedonia, on Tuesday, Croatia proposed that real estate be supplemented with apartments located in London and Rome which are not included on the current list, a statement by the Croatian Foreign Ministry issued on Thursday said. #L# "It has been proposed that the lists be supplemented to include additional property that was owned by the former state but is not included on current lists as the deadline for such proceedings is five years," the statement says. A fourth round of meetings of a joint succession committee on the division of diplomatic/consular property owned by the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was held in Skoplje on Tuesday. It was confirmed at that meeting that Croatia will be given diplomatic residencies in Oslo valued at US$1.4 million, a house with two apartments in Washington valued at US$1.2 million which could be handed over quite soon, as with properties in Chile, the General Consulate building in Frankfurt valued at US$4.1 million, and an apartment in Trieste valued at US$400,000. The handover/takeover of the properties will be conducted once an agreement on division is ratified, the statement notes. An agreement was reached at the same meeting concerning the sale of a residency in New York valued at approximately US$6 million. The money received from the sale will be divided in line with the quota determined for each of the successor states. The Croatian delegation, headed by Foreign Ministry secretary and the head of the joint committee Tatjana Kralj-Draganic, expressed interest for the building housing Croatia's UN Mission in New York. About ten days ago, Croatia was formally registered as the owner of the building of the embassy in Paris. An international tender is being prepared for the renovation of the building, the statement concluded. (hina) sp sb