PORGES MEETS HEADS OF B'NAI B'RITH AND HOLOCAUST MUSEUM

( Editorial: --> 6697 ) ZAGREB, May 26 (Hina) - Croatia's Economy Minister Nenad Porges, who is on a working visit to Washington, on Tuesday met the President of the Jewish world organisation B'Nai B'Rith, Tommy Baer, Director of the organisation's Department for International Relations, George Spectre, and the Foreign Affairs Director of the US Holocaust Museum, Ralf Grunewald, a statement from the Croatian Economy Ministry said. The meeting focused on the upcoming trial of Dinko Sakic, who is accused of being responsible for the death of numerous Jews during World War II in the Jasenovac concentration camp, where he was commander. Sakic, who is living in Argentina, is soon to be extradited to Croatia. The high officials also discussed the procedure of declaring the late Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac "Righteous Among Nations" - a person who, risking his own life, saved many Jews during World War II, the statement said. Croatia has been successfully cooperating with B'Nai B'Rith and the Holocaust Museum since the establishment of its independence. (hina) rml/mrb 261741 MET may 98