OSCE WISHES TO INFLUENCE QUALITY OF CROATIAN LAWS

ZAGREB, March 10 (Hina) - The Mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) seeks bills which will be passed by the Croatian Parliament so it could influence their quality, OSCE Mission chief in Zagreb Bernard Poncet said Friday. The Parliament's Public Relations Service said Poncet had stressed the OSCE wished to influence the harmonisation of the bills with requests of the international community and commitments Croatia had assumed. Vice-president of the Croatian National Parliament, Mato Arlovic, held talks with Poncet and expressed readiness of Croatia to accept expert help in fulfilling international obligations on its way towards European and Euro-Atlantic associations, the Service said. Poncet and Arlovic agreed that in the future they would work on strengthening cooperation in adopting laws pertaining to the action of the OSCE Mission in Croatia. This means that representatives of the OSCE would be present at sessions of some parliament working bodies, the statement said. Arlovic thanked the mission for its assistance with regard to the return of refugees, but held that issues must be solved on the field. He indicated further difficulties Croatia was facing in implementing international agreements, and the fact that the OSCE had not yet fulfilled its obligations, the statement said, adding that the two had agreed that the return of displaced persons was on national interest for Croatia. (hina) lml jn