THERE IS NO REASON TO EXTEND UNTAES MANDATE - CRO GOVT

ZAGREB, Sept 22 (Hina) - The Croatian government held a session on Monday, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa, focusing on the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area, the government's Communications Office said in a statement Monday. #L# "The government adopted a Report on the process of peaceful reintegration and establishment of Croatia's constitutional and legal order in the Osijek-Baranja and Vukovar-Srijem counties which are now under the UN Transitional Administration. The report was submitted by relevant ministries on everything accomplished in the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube river region, in line with the Croatian government's Letter of Intent. The government established that it had fulfilled almost every commitment from the Letter of Intent. It also agreed that an extensive report should be drawn up about the implementation of the Letter of Intent which will be submitted to the international community," the statement said. The government had adopted principles for the drafting of the programme for accelerating the return, establishment of trust and normalisation of life in war-ravaged Croatian areas. The programme should be adopted by the government at its regular session on Thursday. The government forwarded to the Parliament a bill on the revision of all acts passed by the illegal local self-government in the Danubian area during the past several years. "On this occasion the government again stressed that there is no reason for the government to in any circumstance agree to the extension of the UNTAES mandate. The government will continue to exert maximal efforts in the cooperation with the international community in the reconstruction, establishment of trust and full reintegration of war-ravaged areas of Croatia," the statement said. (hina) lm jn 221753 MET sep 97