CROATIAN PARLIAMENT DELEGATION ARRIVES IN BELI MANASTIR

BELI MANASTIR, Jan 11 (Hina) - A Croatian parliament delegation arrived in Beli Manastir on Saturday for a day-long visit to the UN-administered Baranja area of eastern Croatia. The ten-member delegation, led by parliament vice president Vladimir Seks and head of the government office for the area Ivica Vrkic, met the newly-appointed commander of the UN force, Major General Willy Hanset, and his predecessor, Major General Jozef Schoups, for talks on the situation in the Danube river region. The meeting at the headquarters of the UN Belgian Battalion was also attended by UN deputy transitional administrator Derek Boothby. Later on, the Croatian delegates are scheduled to meet representatives of the local Serb population, Vaso Zigic and Rade Arbutina. They are also to meet Croat, Hungarian and Serb representatives of the Baranja villages of Torjanci, Novi Bezdan and Novo Nevesinje. The meeting was planned to take place in Novo Nevesinje but the venue has been changed to Beli Manastir due to bad weather. The Croatian parliamentarians will also visit the village of Zmajevac to meet its representatives along with those of the villages of Suze and Batina. (hina) vm mm 111253 MET jan 97