ARTICLE 11 COMMISSION WORRIED ABOUT SLOW PACE OF RETURN

( Editorial: --> 2389 ) VUKOVAR, Feb 16 (Hina) - Members of the Article 11 Commission, in charge of following the implementation of the Basic Agreement on the reintegration of the Croatian Danube River region, on Monday visited the area. They held separate meetings with the members of the National Trust Establishment Committee, Croatian returnees and Serb refugees from the area. At a press conference held in Vukovar, Article 11 members described their visit as useful and effective. The Commission hails the work of the National Trust Establishment Committee, but it also is concerned about the emigration of Croatian Serbs, said William Montgomery, US Ambassador to Croatia. The right to return is the basic principle of the agreement on reintegration and the Commission is worried about the slow pace of return, the Commission said in a statement. The statement welcomed the Croatian government's decision to rescind its Regulation on the Renting of State-Owned Flats in the Danube River region. (hina) jn rm 162154 MET feb 98