US HANDS OVER IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS FOR SAKIC TRIAL

( Editorial: --> 4744 ) ZAGREB, May 18 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on Monday received the United States Ambassador William Montgomery who handed over documents from the US Justice Department which could be of possible significance to the trail of former Jasenovac concentration camp commander Dinko Sakic. The documents were offered to the Croatian Government by the US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Granic thanked Montgomery for the delivered documents and once again expressed the decisiveness of the Croatian Government for the Dinko Sakic trial to be open to the domestic and international public, objective and on the highest professional level, said a Foreign Ministry statement. Montgomery praised the adopted Binding Instructions for the return of Croatian Serbs and emphasised the importance of its timely composition and the consequent implementation of the return plan. Minister Granic said the Croatian Government is determined to do that. The talks touched on bilateral relations and they were described as being on the rise. They also discussed further steps in the procedure for Croatia joining the Partnership for Peace programme, said the statement. (hina) lm mrb 181703 MET may 98