STANIMIROVIC WELCOMES BOSNIAN-YUGOSLAV AGREEMENT ON DUAL CITIZENSHIP

CITIZENSHIP ( Editorial: --> 8171 ) BELGRADE, 13 Dec (Hina) - Vojislav Stanimirovic, President of the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) and Croatian Parliament representative appointed by the Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, on Saturday welcomed the agreement on dual citizenship between Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, signed in Belgrade today. "This gives us hope that a similar agreement will be signed between Croatia and Yugoslavia soon, so that the Serb people in eastern Slavonia would be able to exercise their right to dual citizenship," Stanimirovic told the Belgrade-based independent Radio B92. Serb representatives in the Croatian Danube river region would continue insisting on their right to dual citizenship, Stanimirovic added. Several thousand people were trying to get Yugoslav visas in Vukovar today, as the new regime of border-crossing between Croatia and Yugoslavia is to be applied as of tomorrow, Radio B92 reported. All those crossing the Croatian-Yugoslav border will have to have border passes or Yugoslav visas. For that reason, the consular department of the Yugoslav embassy in Zagreb issued visas in Vukovar today. In the next several days, visas will be issued in Beli Manastir and other towns as well, as part of the so-called consular days. (hina) rm 132056 MET dec 97