CRO ARMY VERIFICATION CENTRE MARKS FIRST ANNIVERSARY

ZAGREB, July 4 (Hina) - The first anniversary of the Croatian Army verification centre was marked ceremonially on Friday at the "King Tomislav" military barracks in Zagreb. The verification centre, where about 30 experts are employed, is in charge of implementation of arms control treaties which Croatia has signed. The main task of the centre in the past year was to implement a subregional arms control agreement, the head of the centre, Staff Brigadier Vinko Stefanek, said. This referred to the military part of the Dayton peace accords, and out of all signatories - Croatia, FR Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Croat-Moslem) Bosnian Federation and the Bosnian Serb entity - it was only Croatia that had met its commitments completely, he added. In the future the centre would also devote more efforts to implementing a 1994 Vienna document on building peace and confidence in Europe, and to cooperating with verification centres of European countries and the United States, the Croatian Brigadier announced. On behalf of the Defence Ministry and Army's headquarters, the headquarters deputy chief-of staff, Rear-Admiral Davor Domazet, congratulated the centre for the anniversary. (hina) jn mš 041403 MET jul 97