SARAJEVO, July 10 (Hina) - Croatian Homeland War Soldiers Minister Ivica Pancic on Monday started a two-day official visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina. The visit started by talks with officials of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina in
charge of the care for Homeland War Soldiers. Pancic held talks with Federation's Deputy Prime Minister Dragan Covic, Federation's Minister for issues of Homeland War Soldiers and War Invalids Faud Purisevic and his deputy Maro Arapovic. After the end of the first round of the official talks, Pancic said it was realistic to expect the integral solution, which would regulate the protection of rights of Homeland War soldiers from Bosnia-Herzegovina for whom Croatia also provides for, to be completed by the end of the year. He reminded of a decision passed by the Croatian National Sabor in line with which financial aid earmarked for Homeland War soldiers from Bosnia
SARAJEVO, July 10 (Hina) - Croatian Homeland War Soldiers Minister
Ivica Pancic on Monday started a two-day official visit to Bosnia-
Herzegovina.
The visit started by talks with officials of the Federation of
Bosnia-Herzegovina in charge of the care for Homeland War
Soldiers.
Pancic held talks with Federation's Deputy Prime Minister Dragan
Covic, Federation's Minister for issues of Homeland War Soldiers
and War Invalids Faud Purisevic and his deputy Maro Arapovic.
After the end of the first round of the official talks, Pancic said
it was realistic to expect the integral solution, which would
regulate the protection of rights of Homeland War soldiers from
Bosnia-Herzegovina for whom Croatia also provides for, to be
completed by the end of the year.
He reminded of a decision passed by the Croatian National Sabor in
line with which financial aid earmarked for Homeland War soldiers
from Bosnia-Herzegovina would be significantly decreased, and
stressed it was significant to systematically legally organise all
issues from this area.
We agree that open issues must be solved in line with the law,
Federation's Deputy Premier Covic said after the talks.
Federation's Defence Minister Fuad Purisevic said Pancic expressed
Croatia's readiness to assist the draft of Federation's law on the
protection of Homeland War soldiers, also demanded by the
International Monetary Fund.
After the officials talks in Sarajevo, Minister Pancic visited
Central Bosna Canton, and he is expected in the southern Bosnia-
Herzegovina town of Mostar later in the evening.
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