ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BOSNIA MAY COUNT ON RETURN OF PROPERTY

SARAJEVO, Nov 21 (Hina) - The Croat member of Bosnia-Herzegovina's three-member presidency, Kresimir Zubak, Thursday received the Archbishop of Sarajevo, Bosnia's Cardinal Vinko Puljic, and Assistant Bishop Pero Sudar. Cardinal Puljic was interested in the establishment of joint institutions of authority, and in possibilities of organized return of refugees, said a statement issued after the talks. Zubak said he was sure that despite difficulty, the political system and authorities would be set up in line with the Dayton peace accords as the international community persistently insisted on this. He added that the recent Paris conference on the peace accords' implementation proved the international community's persistence. Zubak pledged to the Roman Catholic dignitaries that changes in legislation would create the legal basis for the return or adequate compensation for property that had been confiscated in the former political system from the Roman Catholic Church and other religious communities. He added that a favourable political and security situation for the return of refugees would be created by mediation of the international community. (hina) mm mš 212149 MET nov 96