$ BONN/MUNICH, 9 Oct (Hina) - A Croatian parliamentary delegation, led by Parliament President Vlatko Pavletic, is paying a several- day official visit to Germany. The delegation met with the German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel in
Bonn on Thursday.
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BONN/MUNICH, 9 Oct (Hina) - A Croatian parliamentary delegation,
led by Parliament President Vlatko Pavletic, is paying a several-
day official visit to Germany. The delegation met with the German
Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel in Bonn on Thursday. #L#
The meeting with Kinkel was not in the program and was
therefore a pleasant surprise, said Pavletic, adding that the
one-hour talks included all important issues concerning the
implementation of the Dayton agreement as well as the Croatian
Danube river region.
Kinkel presented many positive remarks as well as some
objections, stressing that there were still some issues that
should be solved, Pavletic said.
Among other things, Kinkel thought that Croatia should
submit to The Hague Tribunal all documents relating to the
general Blaskic trial as well as solve some questions concerning
the remains of the structure of Herzeg-Bosnia.
Kinkel also presented his objections concerning the return
of Serbs to Croatia, Pavletic said, adding that the German
Foreign Minister had been informed about that matter by Pavletic
himself and a member of the parliamentary delegation, Milorad
Pupovac, who also presented the Croatian government program on
the re-establishment of trust.
It was concluded during the talks that there was no reason
for an extension of the UNTAES mandate after 15 January 1998.
Croatia is on the right track, Kinkel said, stressing
satisfaction with the fact that a group of Bosnian Croats,
indicted for war crimes, had voluntarily surrendered to the ICTY.
Although Croats often have the impression that they are
being treated in a partial way, that is not completely true,
Kinkel said, adding that international financial institutions
currently had some reserves because Croatia had had to fulfil the
undertaken obligations.
Now that some of those obligations are fulfilled, I believe
that that problem will be solved as well, Kinkel said, adding
that Croatia could count on Germany's support in the future as
well.
During the morning, the Croatian parliamentarians also met
with a federal minister Carl-Dieter Spranger, who stressed
Germany's willingness to help Croatia in international financial
institutions, especially when it comes to the introduction of
German companies in the process of reconstruction in Croatia.
After their visit to Bonn, the Croatian parliamentarians
arrived in Munich, where they were welcomed by the
representatives of the Bavarian Parliament.
During their two-day stay in Bavaria, they are to meet the
president of the Bavarian parliament and members of the Bavarian
government.
The Croatian delegation was received by the state Minister
for Culture, Science and Education, Hans Zehetmair.
On behalf of the Croatian President Franjo Tudjman,
Pavletic presented Zehetmair with an Order of King Dmitar
Zvonimir medal, for Zehetmair's extraordinary contribution in the
promotion of culture.
Bavaria is the only state which completely covers the costs
of education of Croatian children and cares for the preservation
of Croatian culture through supplementary schools.
The President of the Bavarian Parliament Johann Bohm
organised a dinner party for the Croatian delegation Thursday
evening.
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