It was concluded that Croat classes in Subotica would not be affected by the announced rationalisation of the school system in Serbia and that textbooks for those classes would be printed in Croatian or imported from Croatia, said Slaven Bacic, a member of the above-mentioned committee and a candidate for the chairman of the latest make-up of the Croatian National Council in Serbia.
Bacic said in his statement in a broadcast in the Croatian language, aired by the Vojvodina Radio and Television on Tuesday, that the Croat minority could be satisfied with agreements relating to education and provision of radio and television broadcasts in their mother tongue.
According to Bacic, the Serbian side undertook to ensure that the Croatian editorial board at Vojvodina Radio and Television be set up.
He recalled that the daily airing of broadcasts in the Croatian language had recently begun at the said broadcaster.
Another committee member, Petar Kuntic, said that although he could be generally satisfied with the recent meeting in Zagreb and Vukovar, he must point out that the seats in the Serbian parliament guaranteed to ethnic Croat representatives have still not been allocated.
"This issue remains outstanding, and it was the topic of the most vivid debate (at the committee)," Kuntic said.
"We seek such a solution as it was found for Serb minority representatives in Croatia, but Serbia has no understanding for this yet," said Kuntic, the president of the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Croats (DSHV).
The Serb minority is guaranteed at least three seats in Croatia's top law-making body based on universal suffrage.
Both Bacic and Kuntic agree that the two countries' governments have demonstrated will for solving problems of minorities, but that implementation of decisions is met with opposition from local authorities or with problems caused by insufficient information.
The inter-governmental committee convened in Zagreb and Vukovar on 17 and 18 June.
Its next meeting is to take place in Belgrade by the end of this year.