EUROPEAN UNION'S AID TO CROATIA

ZAGREB, July 5 (Hina) - Since the outbreak of war in the area of former Yugoslavia the European Union (EU) has sent more than 700- million-ECU aid to the crisis area, which is the highest percent of humanitarian aid per capita in the world, Antonio de Menezes, the head of the EU humanitarian aid agency's informational office, told a press conference today in the Croatian capital of Croatia. The Republic of Croatia has received 173-million-ECU since the beginning of the war, and 60 million of this amount was delivered in the last eight months. New relief aid will be soon assigned to Croatia, according to Menezes. He pointed out that the EU relief agency in Zagreb is providing at the moment the largest part of food supplies for over 700,000 refugees, displaced persons and people dependent on welfare in Croatia. 052010 MET jul 94