SKARE-OZBOLT TALKS WITH OSCE COMMISSIONER FOR MINORITIES

( Editorial: --> 8733 ) ZAGREB, April 22 (Hina) - The president of the National Trust Establishment Committee, Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, on Wednesday held talks with the OSCE high commissioner for national minorities, Max van der Stoel, on the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube River region and the Committee's activities. They discussed reconstruction issues, the two-way return and clearing of mines in the Vukovar-Srijem and Osijek-Baranja counties. The OSCE high commissioner singled out the process of trust establishment and two-way return as the most complex tasks faced by Croatia. Without concrete economic support and investment the return process will be more difficult and slower, Skare-Ozbolt emphasised. (hina) jn mrb/rm 221917 MET apr 98