GERMANY PREPARED TO HELP VUKOVAR AS SYMBOL OF CRO RENEWAL - MP

( Editorial: --> 5068 ) VUKOVAR, May 19 (Hina) - A German Parliament delegation visited the eastern Croatian city of Vukovar on Tuesday as part of its three-day visit to Croatia. The Bundestag delegation, headed by the German Parliament's envoy for Croatia Hartmut Koschyk, held talks with Vukovar-Srijem County Prefect Rudolf Koenig. "We arrived in Vukovar because it represents the symbol of renewal of Croatia and because this is where vital issues regarding the return of refugee and displaced people are being resolved," Koschyk said after the talks. He said financial aid should be offered for the renewal of the Croatian Danube River region, which was heavily damaged during the Serbian aggression, by the donors' conference on the reconstruction of Croatia, which the government announces for September. "I can say with satisfaction that yesterday in Zagreb we heard that Croatia is interested in the return of Croats to Bosnia- Herzegovina, which is of particular significance for the (Muslim- Croat) Federation of BH," Koschyk said. Croatia's Ambassador to Germany Zoran Jasic said it was agreed to formulate a plan of possible investments in the Croatian Danube region which Germany was prepared to support. (Hina) jn mb /ha 191813 MET may 98