CROATIAN AMBASSADOR TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA VISITS BANJA LUKA

( Editorial: --> 0368 ) ZAGREB, March 17 (Hina)- Croatian Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Darinko Bago on Tuesday visited Banja Luka, where he met separately with Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic and Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said. The meetings evolved around measures for definition of the status of refugees and displaced people and problems concerning the two- way return programme. To that effect, they debated property rights and some economic issues. Ambassador Bago spoke about the imminent opening of Croatia's general consulate in Banja Luka, as a step that would give an impetus to a faster resolution of all those issues. The Croatian Ambassador invited the Bosnian Serb entity to send a delegation to Zagreb on 27 March, so that the two parties could try to reach an agreement on the return of refugees and displaced people. Dodik accepted the invitation, says the statement. (Hina) jn mr /mb 172119 MET mar 98