CRO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS VISIT SERB ORTHODOX FAMILY

BIJELO BRDO, Jan 7 (Hina) - Officials of the Croatian government's National Trust Establishment Committee on Thursday visited the Jovan Klajic family in Bijelo Brdo, eastern Croatia, to wish them merry Christmas, which the Orthodox faithful celebrate on January 7. Best wishes were expressed by Committee chairwoman Vesna Skare- Ozbolt, her deputies Josko Moric and Vojislav Stanimirovic, and other Croatian officials, including the Croatian President's advisor for humanitarian issues, Slobodan Lang, former Committee member and current Croatian Radio Television director Ivica Vrkic, and the president of the Joint Council of Serb-dominated eastern Croatian municipalities, Milos Vojnovic. The Klajic family has four generations, who work in farming and cattle breeding. According to Stanimirovic, the Klajics are well-respected in Bijelo Brdo. He believes 1999 "will be better than the past years for farmers and all others who live in the Croatian Danube River region." Jovan Klajic thanked the officials for the visit, and added he was satisfied "life was coming back to normal, like when Croats and Serbs coexisted." He said he would not stay in eastern Croatia if he did not believe in coexistence and the future in this region. (hina) it/ha mm