U.S.A. FULLY SUPPORTS PEACEFUL REINTEGRATION OF E. SLAVONIA, SAYS KOSTOVIC

KOSTOVIC ZAGREB, Feb 1 (Hina) - The United States of America would fully support the peaceful reintegration of eastern Slavonia, Baranja and western Srijem into the Croatian constitutional and legal system, Croatian Vice Premier Ivica Kostovic stated on Thursday after his talks with U.S. Secretary of State and President Clinton's special advisor, Robert Galluci, who is in charge of implementation of the Dayton Peace Accord in Bosnia-Herzegovina. #L# "U.S. Ambassador to Croatia, Peter Galbraith, who yesterday visited Vukovar, has a very active role in this process", Kostovic said, adding that it was encouraging that the local Serbs in eastern Slavonia had realised that the area would be reintegrated into the Croatian legal and economic system. Kostovic added that his talks with Galucci had also revolved around the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the fact that the U.S. had expressed their satisfaction with the return of refugees to Jajce, Travnik and Stolac. Stressing that his meetings with officials in Vienna, Geneva and Brussels had tackled the process of reintegration of the Croatian Danubean area, Robert Galluci described the meeting with Kostovic as very good. He added that the exchange of opinions had been successful. (hina) lm mm 012004 MET feb 96