ZUBAK & SCHUMACHER DISCUSS RETURN OF CROAT REFUGEES

( Editorial: --> 7735 ) SARAJEVO, March 6 (Hina) - Bosnian Presidency member Kresimir Zubak on Friday met Deputy High Representative for the implementation of the Dayton agreement, Hans Schumacher. Zubak's office stated that the two officials discussed the beginning of the process of return of Croats to the eastern Bosniak (Muslim)-controlled part of Mostar, as well as about opportunities for the establishment of the judiciary in Mostar municipalities. Schumacher and Zubak also agreed on concrete steps which would secure the return of Croats to the central Bosnian municipalities of Kakanj and Vares (under Bosniak control) and the northern Bosnian municipality of Bosanski Brod (under Serb control). Schumacher also agreed with the need to solve the problem of housing Bosnia-Herzegovina's central bodies of authority, promising expert assistance from the Office of the High Representative. The Croat side believes that a good solution to the problem of where central authorities would be located could be the establishment of an extraterritorial zone in Sarajevo. (hina) jn rm /mb 061850 MET mar 98