HUNGARIAN AND CROATIAN INTERIOR MINISTERS SIGN TWO TREATIES

ZAGREB/BUDAPEST, July 9 (Hina) - Croatian Interior Minister Ivan Penic and his Hungarian counterpart Gabor Kuncze signed two treaties in Budapest on Wednesday. The treaties refer to cooperation of the two countries' police in protection against natural and civilian disasters and the passing of the border by official persons who work in the other country. Under the treaties, the two neighbouring countries have the obligation to inform each other and help in case of natural disasters, and to enable official persons to pass the border where there is no border crossing, according to Croatian Television's central news broadcast. Treaties that we had already signed were implemented successfully, and both parties did everything against the organised crime, the Hungarian Interior Minister Kuncze said. He added that Wednesday's agreements would help protect residents as well as facilitate the passing of the border for people who are in service in the other country. Minister Penic said he had informed his Hungarian counterpart of the reorganisation of the transitional police in Croatia's eastern Slavonia, Baranja and western Sirmium. He added that 12 Croatian employees of the Interior Ministry were now attending education and training courses in Hungary. In Budapest, the two ministers discussed a series of security questions important to Croatia and Hungary, and considered possibilities of the return of about 1,900 Croat refugees in Hungary to Baranja and eastern Slavonia. (hina) mš 092256 MET jul 97