RECONSTRUCTION MINISTER VISITS VUKOVAR

VUKOVAR, July 2 (Hina) - Croatian Reconstruction and Development Minister, Jure Radic, and his associates are touring Vukovar on Wednesday. A closed-door meeting of Radic with UN Transitional Administrator, Jacques Klein, Vukovar-Sirmium County Prefect Rudolf Koenig, mayors of towns and municipalities in UNTAES-controlled parts of Vukovar-Sirmium and Osijek-Baranja Counties and local Serb leaders, is under way in Vukovar's suburb of Borovo. Minister Radic and UNTAES officials are expected to sign agreements on customs and on apartment allocation after the meeting. Ahead of the session Radic said that the apartment allocation treaty would envisage that apartments that are being renovated in Vukovar should be allocated to "former owners and tenants who are Croatian citizens," and apartments that remain unoccupied should be taken by firms and institutions to which they had belonged before the war. He added that the customs agreement was being harmonised. Radic is due to tour Ceric and Vinkovci on Wednesday as well. (hina) mš 021409 MET jul 97