CROATIAN OFFICIAL TALKS WITH INTERNATIONAL MEDIATOR FOR BOSNIA

( Editorial: --> 5299 ) ZAGREB, May 20 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader on Wednesday held talks with the international mediator for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Christian Schwartz-Schilling, about Croatian efforts in the implementation of the peace process in Bosnia. Sanader reiterated Croatia's full support to the implementation of the Washington and Dayton Agreements. He said an agreement between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina had been signed on the establishment of an inter-state council for cooperation, and informed Schwartz-Schilling about the course of negotiations with the Bosnian Federation on special relations with Croatia. Sanader stressed the importance with which the Croatian government regarded the process of return of displaced persons and refugees, in line with provisions of the Dayton Agreement. He said that negotiations were ongoing with Republika Srpska about the issue, and an agreement had been signed with the Bosnian Federation about the return of refugees, as well as a Protocol on Return with the Federal republic of Yugoslavia. (hina) lm jn 201548 MET may 98