CROATIAN GOVERNMENT PREPS THREE AGREEMENTS WITH YUGOSLAVIA

YUGOSLAVIA $ ZAGREB, Sept 3 (Hina) - The Croatian Government held a session on Thursday at which it established and forwarded for a Parliament procedure bills on business inspections and on state commodity stockpiles. The Government adopted three decisions on the initiation of procedures for the signing of agreements between Croatia and Yugoslavia, on establishing border crossings, border traffic, and about legal help in criminal and civil cases. #L# Speaking about the agreements between Croatia and Yugoslavia, Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader said that their ratification was very important, from a political point of view, and added that with the agreement on establishing border crossings, Croatia would reassume its position among important European transit countries. After a discussion on the World Jewish Restitution Organisation initiative regarding the distribution of the so-called Nazi gold from the Tripartite Gold Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold (TBC), the Government reached a decision by which Croatia waives its part in the distribution of the remainder of the fund, for the victims of the Nazi persecution. The Government also reached a decision that Croatia, as full member, should take part in the conference on the so-called Nazi gold which is taking place in London this December. (hina) lm mm 041326 MET sep 97