HEAD OF OSCE MISSION VISITS SISAK

( Editorial: --> 8557 ) SISAK, 15 Dec (Hina) - The head of the Mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Croatia, Tim Guldimann, on Monday visited Sisak (some 50 km south-east of Zagreb), where he met with Sisak County Prefect Djuro Brodarac. The main topics of talks between Guldimann and Brodarac, which were held behind closed doors, were the implementation of an agreement on the two-way return of displaced people and the establishment of trust. Guldimann said the talks confirmed considerable progress not only in the personal but also legal security of citizens who are returning to their homes. The OSCE would inform the international community about difficult economic circumstances in Sisak County, which were caused by the war, Guldimann said. He added he would see that the international community financially supported reconstruction and normalisation of life in the area. Prefect Brodarac said 4,211 Serbs had returned to the area, adding that 14,361 Bosnian Croat had refugees settled in the area. (hina) mm rm 151939 MET dec 97