SERBIAN REPORTERS VISIT OSIJEK,BELISCE

OSIJEK, April 24 (Hina) - Fifteen Serbian reporters from Belgrade and the temporarily occupied Croatian Danubian area on Wednesday visited Osijek and Belisce. After the visit, they attended a press conference held by the Osijek County Prefect Branimir Glavas and the head of the Croatian government Office for Temporary Administration in the Croatian Danubian Area Ivica Vrkic. #L# The majority of Serbs were aware "that Croatia is coming back to its borders and that the Croatian constitutional and legal system would be re-established in the occupied area", Vrkic said. The Croatian authorities would need help from the media in that process, he said, adding that the presence of Serbian reporters was a sign of their good will. Most questions were about guarantees Croatia would give to Serb citizens to motivate them to stay and about amnesty. Even though the process of peaceful reintegration had only begun, progress had been made, Vrkic said. Croatia wanted to establish a civic society in which all law abiding citizens would have equal rights, he concluded. (hina) ha mm 242024 MET apr 96