STATE OF SECURITY IN CROATIA SATISFACTORY

ZAGREB, April 24 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's Committee on Internal Affairs and National Security on Tuesday adopted a report by Interior Minister Sime Lucin on the state of security in the country, however, the report will not be discussed at the upcoming parliamentary session as a public debate could jeopardise current investigations by the Interior Ministry. Attending today's session of the Committee were also Interior and Defence Ministers Sime Lucin (Social Democratic Party, SDP) and Jozo Rados (Croatian Social Liberal Party, HSLS) respectively, as well as the President's advisors on national security and internal affairs, Zeljko Bagic and Igor Dekanic respectively. The Committee assessed that the state of security in the country was satisfactory and that the cooperation between the interior and defence ministries was on a high level. After the session, the Committee's chairwoman Djurdja Adlesic (HSLS) told reporters the session was held behind closed doors due to the sensitivity of information which was discussed. Minister Lucin only said that the current police investigations, which could be jeopardised by making operative data public, referred to the murder of Vjeko Slisko and two cases of bomb- planting. The investigations Lucin spoke about refer to two murders involving members of the Zagreb underground in the city's Cvjetni Square and explosions in the central cemetery of Mirogoj and in front of the Zagreb City Assembly building. It has been stated that the investigations will be completed by the summer. (hina) sb rml