"CRO PRESIDENT RECEIVES SERB MINORITY REPRESENTATIVES"- EXTENDED

ZAGREB, May 21 (Hina) - Please note that the news item HNA1753, entitled "Croatian President Receives Serb Minority Representatives", has been extended and that the following version should be used: Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Friday received a delegation of Serb minority representatives, including Milorad Pupovac, Vojislav Stanimirovic and Jovan Bamburac. "In talks with the Serb representatives, the President resented that they have not condemned the crimes committed during the Yugo- communist and Great-Serbian aggression on Croatia, but are instead making statements saying that what happened in Croatia was a civil war, which is contrary to the truth and the clear stands of world leaders", a statement from the President's Office said. "Such statements, as well as statements saying that war criminals are sitting in the Vukovar Town Council, do not contribute to the further normalisation of life in the Croatian Danube River region". Croatian authorities will continue the process of the establishment of trust, as well as the implementation of the Amnesty Act, which is a process requiring the support of the Serb minority as well, the statement read. Present at the meeting at President Tudjman's side were his Chief- Of-Staff Ivica Kostovic, parliament vice-president Vladimir Seks and the advisor on political issues, Vesna Skare-Ozbolt. (hina) jn rml