JOINT CROATIAN-YUGOSLAV COMMISSION MEETS IN BELGRADE

BELGRADE, Dec 10 (Hina) - The Joint Croatian-Yugoslav Commission for implementation of obligations from Article 7 of the Agreement on Normalisation of Relations met for talks in Belgrade on Thursday. Progress has been made in the process of return of displaced people and refugees to Croatia and it is expected that in 1999 most of the problems related to that issue will be solved, said a joint statement released after the meeting. Croatia's Agency for Mediation in Real Estate Transactions and Yugoslavia's Service for Property Protection submitted their respective reports on their activities so far. The two sides agreed to step up their cooperation "in line with the claims of persons who have property in the Republic of Croatia or the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia". The two sides also discussed property and legal issues of legal entities and agreed that the "process of registering their property should be accelerated with the aim of facilitating the solution of the said problem". The next meeting of the Commission will be held in Zagreb in January next year. Today's talks were chaired by the head of the Yugoslav team, Radivoj Rajakovic, while Croatian delegates were headed by Bozidar Marendic. (hina) rml