PRESIDENT OF MINORITY RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETS OSCE OFFICIALS

ZAGREB, Oct 24 (Hina) - The president of the Croatian Parliament's human and minority rights committee, Miroslav Kis, on Thursday received members of the OSCE mission to Croatia, J.S. Sorensen and J. Mamedov, the committee said in a statement. The OSCE officials were interested in the implementation of laws regulating the rights of ethnic and national minorities in Croatia, particularly the exercise of the right to cultural autonomy and education in minority languages. Kis said that Croatian legislation on ethnic and national communities met the highest international standards, the statement said. Also discussed were the suffering of Croats and members of ethnic communities during Serbian aggression against Croatia, ethnic cleansing, efforts by Croatian authorities to normalize the situation in the war-ravaged areas and the peaceful reintegration of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srijem. (hina) vm 241822 MET oct 96