OSIJEK, March 25 (Hina) - The shedding of light on the fate of Croatian soldiers gone missing during last decade's war is too slow despite numerous contacts with domestic and international institutions, a Croatian representative said
on Saturday. Only 28 of 130 persons being traced from Osijek-Baranja County have been identified to date, Stefica Krstic said in Osijek speaking at a conference of the County Association of Missing and Abducted Homeland War Soldiers, at which she was re-elected president. DNA identification is also slowing the process, Krstic added. She pointed out the present dynamic of identification of some 700 Croatian soldiers' remains from all over Croatia, in laboratories in Zagreb, Split, and Osijek, could take more than eight years. Krstic harshly criticised the failure of representatives of county and city authorities and the Croatian army to attend today's
OSIJEK, March 25 (Hina) - The shedding of light on the fate of
Croatian soldiers gone missing during last decade's war is too slow
despite numerous contacts with domestic and international
institutions, a Croatian representative said on Saturday.
Only 28 of 130 persons being traced from Osijek-Baranja County have
been identified to date, Stefica Krstic said in Osijek speaking at a
conference of the County Association of Missing and Abducted
Homeland War Soldiers, at which she was re-elected president.
DNA identification is also slowing the process, Krstic added.
She pointed out the present dynamic of identification of some 700
Croatian soldiers' remains from all over Croatia, in laboratories
in Zagreb, Split, and Osijek, could take more than eight years.
Krstic harshly criticised the failure of representatives of county
and city authorities and the Croatian army to attend today's
conference.
Participants in the conference emphasised it was necessary to
improve work conditions and secure the necessary money for the
government's commission for detained and missing persons.
Commission president Ivan Grujic reminded Croatia was still
looking for 1,637 missing and detained persons. The government
commission will do everything to shed light on their fate as soon as
possible, he said.
Eighty members of the families of the missing and detained will to
donate blood today to help DNA identification, Grujic said.
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