BOROVO NASELJE, 13 Sept (Hina) - A Croatian delegation led by Ivan Majdak, advisor to Croatian Premier, and Ivica Vrkic, head of the government Office for the establishment of Croatian authority in the Croatian Danubian area, on
Friday met Serb representatives from Borovo Naselje, eastern Slavonia, to discuss possible solutions to agricultural problems in the area as part of the peaceful reintegration of the area into Croatia's legal system.
BOROVO NASELJE, 13 Sept (Hina) - A Croatian delegation led by Ivan
Majdak, advisor to Croatian Premier, and Ivica Vrkic, head of the
government Office for the establishment of Croatian authority in
the Croatian Danubian area, on Friday met Serb representatives from
Borovo Naselje, eastern Slavonia, to discuss possible solutions to
agricultural problems in the area as part of the peaceful
reintegration of the area into Croatia's legal system. #L#
The Croatian delegation also included Vrkic's deputy Mirko
Tankosic and members of the Implementation Committee for
Agriculture. The Serb delegation was led by Vojislav Stanimirovic
and Simo Sijan.
After the talks which were held behind closed doors, the head
of the Croatian delegation, Majdak, said that the talks had tackled
a number of open questions. Both sides had offered concrete
proposals, Majdak said, adding that the most important problems
were the sowing and the purchase of crops.
'We have appointed a working group which will establish
cooperation principles we have agreed on today', Majdak said.
The two sides had exchanged their views on the further use of
agricultural resources, Serb representative Simo Sijan said, adding
that five to six tons of fertilizer was required for the
improvement of agricultural production in the area.
U.N. Transitional Administrator in the area, Jacques Klein,
said that the agreement on the normalization of relations between
Croatia and Yugoslavia should be 'a clear sign to the local
population that they have a future here'.
The Croatian government was cooperative and willing to solve a
whole range of problems, Klein said, adding that the aim of the
current talks was also to engage the local population into the
local administrative structure.
'We have started with the police and would like to achieve the
same in other aspects of public life', Klein stressed, adding the
local Serbs should actively join the creation of their own future.
A similar meeting would be held in Vukovar next week, Klein
added.
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