ZAGREB, June 7 (Hina) - Croatia's President Franjo Tudjman on Monday received the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, who said that since her last visit to Croatia positive steps forwards could be noticed, particularly in
the legislation, the process of return and the security and safety of returnees. During the talks, President Tudjman said over 58,000 Serbs had returned to Croatia, whereas more than 100,000 people were still waiting for the return in villages and towns from which they had been expelled during the then Yugoslav People's Army-supported Serb aggression and occupation. He pointed to the psychological consequences of the aggression, while the fate of some missing persons has not yet been established and mass graves have been discovered. It was also stressed that Croatia needed more financial assistance of the international community for the return of refugees and displaced p
ZAGREB, June 7 (Hina) - Croatia's President Franjo Tudjman on
Monday received the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako
Ogata, who said that since her last visit to Croatia positive steps
forwards could be noticed, particularly in the legislation, the
process of return and the security and safety of returnees.
During the talks, President Tudjman said over 58,000 Serbs had
returned to Croatia, whereas more than 100,000 people were still
waiting for the return in villages and towns from which they had
been expelled during the then Yugoslav People's Army-supported
Serb aggression and occupation.
He pointed to the psychological consequences of the aggression,
while the fate of some missing persons has not yet been established
and mass graves have been discovered.
It was also stressed that Croatia needed more financial assistance
of the international community for the return of refugees and
displaced persons.
Present at the meeting were Tudjman's chief-of-staff, Ivica
Kostovic, Foreign Minister Mate Granic, Tudjman's advisors, Vesna
Skare-Ozbolt and Neven Madey, read a statement issued by the
President's Office.
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