The co-ordinating body of HVO war veterans forwarded to the media Josipovic's letter it received.
The contents of the letter instilled a new hope in the families of 21 military and political officials who were captured by the (Bosniak-predominantly) Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina in Bugojno in late 1993 and who were most probably executed at an unknown location.
Responding to the co-ordinating body's letter on the case of Bugojno Croats, Josipovic said in his letter that he was acquainted "with the tragedy befell Croats in Bugojno" and that he would do all he could to help establish what happened to their dearest ones.
War veteran representative Miroslav Zelic was quoted by the media as saying that Josipovic was the first Croatian official to respond to their calls regarding crimes in Bugojno, adding that other high officials in Croatia ignored it.
He said that he thanked Josipovic for that.
Four men -- Enes Handzic, Nisvet Gasal, Musajb Kukavica and Senad Dautovic -- are standing trial before the Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina for Bugojno war crimes.
Testifying at this trial, war-time head of the town of Bugojno, Dzevad Mlaco, said that the town war-time leadership made a decision to execute "captured extremist Croats", while Selmo Cikotic, the incumbent Bosnian defence minister and a wartime commander of Bosnian Army units in Bugojno, testified that Croat POWs were forced to dig trenches at the front-line.