CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HOLDS TALKS WITH OSCE MISSION CHIEF

( Editorial: --> 5631 ) ZAGREB, May 21 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on Thursday received the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Croatia mission head Tim Guldimann and his associates. A Croatian Foreign Ministry statement said Granic informed Guldimann with further steps of the Croatian Government following its passing of binding instructions for obtaining documentation and procedures for the individual return of persons who had left Croatia. Granic emphasised that the situation in the Croatian Danube River region was gradually improving, with a reduction in tension and incidents. The officials also discussed the open issue of the further activities of the OSCE mission to Croatia and its cooperation with the Croatian Government. At the centre of the talks was the OSCE's taking over of monitoring activities in the Croatian Danube region, following the final withdrawal of UN police observers in mid-October this year, the statement said. (Hina) jn mb /lm 211743 MET may 98