ISRAEL SATISFIED WITH GRANIC'S STATEMENT AT YAD VASHEM

( Editorial: --> 3096 ) JERUSALEM, May 11 (Hina) - The Israeli Foreign Ministry is satisfied with Minister Granic's statement at Yad Vashem, deputy spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister, Effi Ben-Matityahu, said in Jerusalem on Monday. "We are satisfied with Minister Granic's statement in which he condemns the Ustasha regime in Croatia during the Second World War and apologises for the war crimes it committed," Ben-Matityahu said. Ben-Matityahu added that the Israeli Foreign Ministry positively assesses the Croatian Government's stance in the case of the former Jasenovac Concentration Camp commander Dinko Sakic. Concerning the questions posed by the director of the Yad Vashem Memorial Center in a letter handed to Granic, Israel hopes that a constructive solution will be found, concluded Ben-Matityahu. (hina) as jfk/mrb 111755 MET may 98