ZAGREB, 15 April (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on Friday received Banja Luka Bishop Franjo Komarica and Croat representatives from the Banja Luka diocese, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said.
ZAGREB, 15 April (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on
Friday received Banja Luka Bishop Franjo Komarica and Croat
representatives from the Banja Luka diocese, a statement from the
Foreign Ministry said. #L#
Bishop Komarica told Minister Granic that Croats of the Banja
Luka area were in a very difficult situation. Granic and Komarica
also discussed the forthcoming elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina and
the organisation of the Croat people in Republika Srpska, the
statement said.
Minister Granic informed Bishop Komarica about actions Croatia
was undertaking in contacts with Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Banja
Luka authorities as well as in contacts with the international
community with the aim of alleviating the difficult humanitarian
situation of Croats living in Republika Srpska.
Croatia favoured the strengthening of the Federation of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Granic said, adding that the survival of Croats
in Bosnia-Herzegovina was in Croatia's interest.
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