VUKOVAR VUKOVAR, May 12 (Hina) - A closed meeting was held on Friday by local authorities in the eastern town of Vukovar, representatives of Croatian returnees, members of Serb and Hungarian national minorities, businessmen as well as
a Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Zeljka Antunovic, U.S Ambassador to Croatia, William Montgomery, the head of the OSCE mission in Croatia, Bernard Ponchet, and the Government's committee for areas of the special state concern. Deputy Premier Antunovic described the talks as sincere and open. "The stands I heard are congruent with the Government's views. The purpose of the meeting was to harmonise basic tenets on ways for starting to overcome the existing problems," she said. Asked to comment on the meeting, American Ambassador briefly answered that the message of their talks was that it was necessary to show tolerance and constructively remove accumul
VUKOVAR, May 12 (Hina) - A closed meeting was held on Friday by local
authorities in the eastern town of Vukovar, representatives of
Croatian returnees, members of Serb and Hungarian national
minorities, businessmen as well as a Croatian Deputy Prime Minister
Zeljka Antunovic, U.S Ambassador to Croatia, William Montgomery,
the head of the OSCE mission in Croatia, Bernard Ponchet, and the
Government's committee for areas of the special state concern.
Deputy Premier Antunovic described the talks as sincere and open.
"The stands I heard are congruent with the Government's views. The
purpose of the meeting was to harmonise basic tenets on ways for
starting to overcome the existing problems," she said.
Asked to comment on the meeting, American Ambassador briefly
answered that the message of their talks was that it was necessary
to show tolerance and constructively remove accumulated problems.
It is the best approach to the future of Croatia, which the
international community fully supports, Montgomery said.
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