CRO & EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS DISCUSS RETURN & MEDIA

( Editorial: --> 8955 ) BRUSSELS, Feb 2 (Hina) - The return of refugees and displaced persons is an issue whose solution is a condition for political stability, European Parliament representatives said Monday at their regular annual meeting with a delegation of the Croatian National Parliament. It is therefore necessary to assist all sides in order to create a climate for reconciliation, they said. To what extent is the European Union really assisting Croatia, the head of the European Parliament delegation, Doris Pack, asked European Commission representative Joerg Kretschmer. Kretschmer replied that the EU had set aside 20 million ECU for the construction of flats. Part of the projects have been realised, he said, adding the European Commission was ready to test projects for this year. However, Kretschmer linked these projects with the return of Serbs from Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Croatia. Pack warned that Croats too have to make use of the assistance, as they could not stand the injustice of assistance being given to those who had rebelled and run away. During talks on freedom of the media, Kretschmer expressed satisfaction with his talks with representatives of Croatian Radio Television, whose director Mirko Galic, he said, was determined to reform the medium. (hina) ha jn 022246 MET feb 98