GRANIC RECEIVES OSCE TROIKA AMBASSADORS

( Editorial: --> 1386 ) ZAGREB, June 15 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic Monday received the ambassadors of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe troika comprised of Poland, Denmark and Norway accredited at the OSCE seat in Vienna. The troika was accompanied by the head of the OSCE monitoring mission in Croatia, Tim Guldimann, said a statement from the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Minister Granic informed the ambassadors about the implementation course of binding instructions for the issuance of documents necessary in the implementation of the Procedure for the Return of Persons Who Left the Republic of Croatia. The Croatian government is intensively working towards a timely return plan draft to have it ratified in parliament in the envisaged time, Granic said. The Croatian government aims towards a successful completion of the UN Civil Police Support Group mandate in eastern Croatia, in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolution, the Foreign Minister said. He emphasised the situation in the Danube river region in eastern Croatia is improving daily. Granic and the OSCE troika also discussed the technical modalities for continuing with OSCE's monitoring mission, which should take over part of the activities currently performed by the UN Civil Police Support Group. (hina) ha 151916 MET jun 98