SKARE-OZBOLT RECEIVES OSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER

ZAGREB, Jan 27 (Hina) - Croatian President's deputy chief-of-staff, Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, on Monday received the OSCE High Commissioner for national minorities, Max van der Stoel, accompanied by Albert Nooij, an ambassador of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Croatian President's office said in a statement. The talks revolved round the process of the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area. The OSCE High Commissioner spoke highly of the Croatian Government's Letter of Intent on the completion of peaceful reintegration, that is now the matter on which the UN Security Council is to decide. He said that by such letter Croatia had made an important step in completing the entire process and that it was necessary to ensure that Serbs would accept the offered proposals. The Croatian official Skare-Ozbolt said that through its proposal for speedy and successful completion of the reintegration Croatia had reaffirmed its readiness for a peaceful solution guaranteeing to Serb population all civil and minority rights. She added that the holding of elections soon in the Danubian area would enable Croatian authority to be established and displaced people to return to their homes in the Croatian Danubian area. (hina) mš 271834 MET jan 97