BRCKO DISTRICT BRCKO, Feb 27 (Hina) - A delegation of Vukovar-Srijem County on Tuesday paid a working visit to Brcko District in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, where they discussed the payment of pensions for Croatian citizens living in
the district with local officials. The Croatian delegation also met an aide to the Brcko Supervisor, Gerhard Southeim and his associates. The meeting was held behind closed doors and international representatives made no statements to the press. Cobankovic told reporters he warned international representatives about the problem of Croatian citizens who earned their pensions in Bosnia-Herzegovina. There are about 1,000 Croatian retirees living in the area of Zupanja, Croatia, who earned their pensions in neighbouring Bosnia-Herzegovina, i.e. in the area of today's Brcko District and they have been waiting for their pensions for nine months now, Cobankovic said. These retirees received their last pension in
BRCKO, Feb 27 (Hina) - A delegation of Vukovar-Srijem County on
Tuesday paid a working visit to Brcko District in northern Bosnia-
Herzegovina, where they discussed the payment of pensions for
Croatian citizens living in the district with local officials.
The Croatian delegation also met an aide to the Brcko Supervisor,
Gerhard Southeim and his associates. The meeting was held behind
closed doors and international representatives made no statements
to the press.
Cobankovic told reporters he warned international representatives
about the problem of Croatian citizens who earned their pensions in
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
There are about 1,000 Croatian retirees living in the area of
Zupanja, Croatia, who earned their pensions in neighbouring
Bosnia-Herzegovina, i.e. in the area of today's Brcko District and
they have been waiting for their pensions for nine months now,
Cobankovic said.
These retirees received their last pension in Croatia in April
2000, when they were transferred to the care of the Bosnia-
Herzegovina Pension Fund in Sarajevo, i.e. the Bosnian Serb pension
fund, he said.
Cobankovic said he would send a proposal to the Croatian government
that the problem of those retirees be resolved through bilateral
talks between the two countries and that the Croatian Pension Fund
in the meantime take over the care for those retirees.
The Croatian delegation and representatives of the district
government also discussed cooperation possibilities.
(hina) rml