CROAT REFUGEES FROM BOSNIA TO RETURN TO BOSNIA OR SETTLE IN CROATI

CROATI $ A ZAGREB, May 16 (Hina) - Croatian deputy premier Jure Radic on Thursday received representatives of Croats who had fled Bosnia- Herzegovina and representatives of the Croat Republic of Herzeg- Bosnia. Deputy premier of the Croat Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, Pero Markovic, held that the behaviour of the federal partner and the Serb part of Bosnia did not instill security in a speedy return of refugees and the existence of Bosnian Croats outside the Herzeg- Bosnian area. Bosnian Croat representatives held that the electoral regulations did not encourage the return, either. Radic supported the right of refugees to return to their homes. He said that Croatia offered temporary or permanent accommodation in its recently liberated areas to those refugees and displaced persons who wanted it. (hina) lm jn 162217 MET may 96