SABOR PRESIDENT TOMCIC VISITS VUKOVAR COUNTY

VUKOVAR, Mar 11 (Hina) - Croatian Sabor President Zlatko Tomcic, who is on a visit to eastern Slavonia, on Saturday met with officials from Vukovar-Srijem County to discuss reconstruction and return and the normalisation of life in the county. The talks, held behind closed doors, were also attended by the head of the OSCE Coordination Centre in Vukovar, Pierr Peeters. After the meeting, Tomcic told reporters that the data on economic activities and reconstruction and return in the county were discouraging. It is encouraging, though, that the local leadership believes that there are no more political issues in Vukovar and eastern Slavonia, he added. If this is so, and I believe it is, it is time Croatia changed its approach to this region as well as the model of reconstruction and return to the Danube region, Tomcic said, adding he supported a proposal by municipal and county officials and parliamentary representatives for the adoption of a separate law on Vukovar or eastern Slavonia. During his visit to Vukovar, Tomcic also attended a part of an electoral assembly of the county association of returnees. Tomcic paid tribute to killed Croatian soldiers by laying a wreath at the cemetery of Homeland War soldiers and lighting candles at the cross at the Danube River. He then held talks with Vukovar hospital director Vesna Bosanac about the reconstruction and operation of the hospital. (hina) rml