OSCE TO OPEN OFFICE IN ZADAR ( Editorial: --> 8610 )

( Editorial: --> 8610 ) ZADAR, 6 Nov (Hina) - Zadar mayor Tomislav Vanjak on Thursday received representatives of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) from Zadar and Gracac (southern Croatia, Zadar hinterland). The OSCE representatives informed Vanjak that the OSCE had opened its office in Gracac, as part of the OSCE mission in Croatia, and that it planned to open another one in Zadar in the next several days. The OSCE mission in Croatia was getting wider, said the OSCE representatives. Our task is to help Croatia in the development of democratic institutions at all levels. The OSCE mission will especially follow the two-way return of refugees and displaced people, the OSCE representatives said. Zadar respects and acts according to Croatian laws. Everybody can see for themselves that there is neither national nor religious discrimination in Zadar, Zadar mayor Vanjak said. 'During the Serb aggression on Zadar, a certain number of citizens of Serb nationality left the town of their own accord. They are now returning and they live here like all other citizens,' Vanjak said. (hina) rm 061157 MET nov 97