VOJNIC VOJNIC, Nov 7 (Hina) - Representatives of competent ministries, religious communities, international associations, and ambassadors accredited in Croatia have convened in Vojnic on Wednesday for a meeting on the return of the
displaced, property restitution, and economic revival in formerly war-affected areas. The meeting, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Zeljka Antunovic, has been organised by the government, and is also attended by local municipal and county officials. Before the meeting, Antunovic met a group of 26 Croatian Serb refugees who arrived in Vojnic from Yugoslavia to see their pre-war houses. She promised the government's support if they wished to return to Croatia and were willing to live here peacefully. Antunovic also held talks with a group of Serb returnees who were injured by mines while working the fields in the past three months. She condemned the planting of l
VOJNIC, Nov 7 (Hina) - Representatives of competent ministries,
religious communities, international associations, and
ambassadors accredited in Croatia have convened in Vojnic on
Wednesday for a meeting on the return of the displaced, property
restitution, and economic revival in formerly war-affected areas.
The meeting, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Zeljka Antunovic, has
been organised by the government, and is also attended by local
municipal and county officials.
Before the meeting, Antunovic met a group of 26 Croatian Serb
refugees who arrived in Vojnic from Yugoslavia to see their pre-war
houses. She promised the government's support if they wished to
return to Croatia and were willing to live here peacefully.
Antunovic also held talks with a group of Serb returnees who were
injured by mines while working the fields in the past three months.
She condemned the planting of landmines as a way of squaring
accounts with Serb returnees, and reminded every step was being
taken to find the culprits.
Speaking about the reconstruction, refugee returns, and
development of previously war-torn areas, the deputy PM they were
slow due to insufficient money.
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