CROATIAN, YUGOSLAV COMMISSIONS CONTINUE TALKS ON MISSING, DETAINED

DETAINED $ PERSONS ZAGREB, 16 April (Hina) - Working groups of the Croatian Commission for detained and missing persons and the Yugoslav Commission for humanitarian issues and missing persons met in Zagreb on Tuesday. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, is the continuation of talks on detained and missing persons. The meeting was opened by Croatian Vice Premier Ivica Kostovic. #L# The Croatian delegation is headed by the president of the Commission for detained and missing persons, Major Ivan Grujic, while the Yugoslav delegation is led by the president of the Commission for humanitarian issues and missing persons, Pavle Todorovic. The meeting is also attended by the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) mission in Zagreb, Alex Braunwalder. After he greeted efforts of the two commissions, Kostovic told reporters he had conveyed to the commissions a wish of the Croatian Government that a similar meeting be held on a higher political level, as had been agreed in a deal signed in Dayton by Croatian and Yugoslav foreign ministers Mate Granic and Milan Milutinovic respectively. The solution of the problem demanded political will, Kostovic said, adding he hoped that progress would be made at today's talks. The Croatian side was ready to continue the talks tomorrow as well, should it be necessary, Kostovic said. (hina) rm 161541 MET apr 96