SARAJEVO ARCHBISHOP RECEIVES CROATIAN PRIME MINISTER RACAN

SARAJEVO, July 27 (Hina) - The Sarajevo Archbishop, Cardinal Vinko Puljic, on Thursday received a delegation of the Croatian Government headed by Prime Minister Ivica Racan, who is in an official two day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina. During the talks, Cardinal Puljic stressed Croatia should help the existence of Croat Catholics in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the return of those who wished to return, chancellor of the Sarajevo Diocese Ivo Tomasevic told Hina Thursday. According to him, Cardinal Puljic pointed to problems Croat Catholics were facing while returning to Republika Srpska. Cardinal Puljic told the Croatian delegation that Croat representatives in Bosnia-Herzegovina obstructing the return of Croat Catholics to their homes should take the responsibility. According to Tomasevic, Racan said that the new Government inherited a difficult economic situation and that is why Croatia's assistance to Bosnian Croats is not as they expected. Racan particularly pointed to a positive role of the Cardinal in the past difficult period, Tomasevic told Hina. (hina) it