MISSING PERSONS COMMISSION MEETING IN BELGRADE

BELGRADE, Oct 29 (Hina) - The Croatian and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) Government's commissions for imprisoned and disappeared persons met on Wednesday in Belgrade. So far, the Croatian side handed over 669 protocols, documentation on missing persons and 125 more protocols are expected, announced the president of Yugoslav Commission, Maksim Korac after the first part of two-day meeting. Korac thanked the Croatian side for handing over an additional 37 protocols on persons whose names were not on the wanted list. He said that in the continuation of the meeting the talks will be on the implementation of foreign ministers Mate Granic and Zivadin Jovanovic's agreement, started in August 1998, of releasing all imprisoned. He said that the Yugoslav Government's point of view is that competent state authorities should start the implementation of the agreement. President of the Croatian Commission, Ivan Grujic, told reporters the issue of missing persons is the prior humanitarian issue, which will be pursued until the destiny of every man is solved. Grujic said that the work up to date shows certain progress in the exchange of the documentation on missing persons, adding that he expects the Yugoslav side to deliver the necessary documentation on missing and buried Croats on the FRY territory, reminding that Croatia is still searching for 1,800 missing persons. Grujic stressed that the Croatian side is ready to discuss the implementation of the ministers agreement and the exchange of all imprisoned, adding that the agreement must be fulfilled. (hina) it jn/ab