REBIC PRESENTS THREE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN CROATIA AND BOSNIA

ZAGREB, March 31 (Hina) - The head of the Croatian government office for refugees and displaced persons, Minister Adalbert Rebic, today held a press conference where he presented three agreements the prime ministers of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina signed in Zagreb on March 24. The first agreement deals with the return of refugees to Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Rebic said it was based on international law. He added that the governments of Croatia and Bosnia- Herzegovina would cooperate with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and other international organizations to implement the agreement. The second agreement envisages the abolishing of visa requirements for citizens of the Bosnian Federation and Croatia. It says that they can cross the border and stay on the territory of the other country up to 90 days without visas, Rebic said. The third agreement is a protocol on entering or transist of Bosnia-Herzegovina citizens through Croatia which specifies that refugees from war-affected areas of Bosnia-Herzegovina can enter and travel through Croatia only with permits previously obtained from the Croatian government office for refugees. Rebic said that Croatian internally displaced people were given empty houses for temporary use. (hina) mm vm 311819 MET mar 95