CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES UN REPRESENTATIVE

( Editorial: --> 6053 ) ZAGREB, May 23 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on Saturday received the head of the IN Civil Police Support Group in the Croatian Danube river region, Souren Seraydarian. Granic informed Seraydarian about the steps the government was taking with the aim of further normalisation of the situation in the Danubian area, which was restored to Croatian authority on January 15. Granic also informed Seraydarian about the implementation of the government's binding instructions stipulating that the obtaining of documents for the return of persons who had left Croatia was to be facilitated. Granic stressed that the government had intensified efforts for drawing up a plan for the return of refugees and displaced persons, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Seraydarian applauded the adoption of the binding instructions and expressed satisfaction with the steps the Croatian government was undertaking. He also expressed satisfaction with his cooperation of the Foreign Ministry. Granic and Seraydarian stressed that they would continue their successful cooperation, to the aim of the successful completion of the Support Group mandate by the deadline stipulated in the UN Security Council's Resolution. (hina) lm jn 231536 MET may 98