25 SERB REFUGEES RETURN TO MOSTAR

( Editorial: --> 1610 ) MOSTAR, Sept 19 (Hina) - A group of 25 Serb refugees returned to their homes in the Mostar settlement of Zitomislici on Saturday. The settlement is part of a majority-Croat municipality Jug. The refugees, who were in exile for the past six years in eastern parts of the Bosnian Serb entity, returned under escort of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Stabilisation Force and International Police Task Force. There were no problems whatsoever during the return, return coordinator for Mostar Serbs Vujadin Berberovic said. The returnees now expect the international community to help them reconstruct their houses so that they could move in before winter, he added. The Serbs were today visited by Mostar Mayor Safet Orucevic. Zitomislici is the sixth Mostar settlement where Serbs have been returning for the past three months. So far, several hundred Serbs have returned to the Mostar settlements of Ortijes, Bacevici, Zeljusa, Malo Polje and Hodbina. (hina) rml 191814 MET sep 98