LIKA-SENJ COUNTY PREFECT DISCUSSES RENEWAL WITH LOCAL OSCE REP

( Editorial: --> 8735 ) GOSPIC, Sept 7 (Hina) - Preparations for the forthcoming international donors conference, the return of refugees and displaced persons and the economic development of central Croatia's Lika-Senj County was discussed on Monday between local and Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) officials. County Prefect Ante Frkovic told the head of the OSCE regional office in Korenica, William Ozkaptan, that the return of Serb refugees would be more efficient if another two to three residential settlements with 7,000 to 8,000 housing units were built in the county, one of Croatia's most sparsely populated areas. It is believed such settlements would be built in the Boricevac area and near Korenica, while the international community should support Croatia in their construction, Frkovic said. The OSCE supported the concept of building housing settlements and the method of economic development of the Lika-Senj County, with agriculture and tourism as priorities, Ozkaptan said. (Hina) mbr 072237 MET sep 98