OSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES VISITS VUKOVAR

( Editorial: --> 8567 ) VUKOVAR, Dec 15 (Hina) - Max van der Stoel, high commissioner of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for ethnic minorities, visited the UN-administered Danube river region of eastern Croatia. In Vukovar, he met the head of the UN Transitional Administration in the region William Walker, OSCE officials and leaders of the Joint Council of Serb-dominated Municipalities and the town government for talks on the process of peaceful reintegration of the region into Croatia and the two-way return of refugees and displaced people. After talks with Vukovar deputy mayor Stipe Seremet, Van der Stoel told reporters he was interested in the reconstruction of the town and the establishment of inter-ethnic trust. (hina) vm mm 151940 MET dec 97