CROATIAN VICE PREMIER RECEIVES BELGIAN DELEGATION

ZAGREB, March 5 (Hina) - A Croatian Vice Premier Ivica Kostovic, on Wednesday said in Zagreb that he was expecting that next Monday or Tuesday, UN Transitional Administrator of the Croatian Danubian area, Jacques Klein, would officially forward to Croatian authorities written confirmation of the call for elections in the Danubian area. Kostovic who met the Belgian government special envoy for UNTAES Thierry de Gruben on Wednesday, said after the talks that a Belgian delegation was mostly interested in preparations for elections and in developments in the Croatian Danubian area after UNTAES left the area on July 15 this summer. Preparations for elections reached the stage when last political and administrative aspects were being put in accordance with each other, Kostovic told the Belgian delegation. He said he was sure that by the end of the UNTAES mandate regulations about passing the border between Croatia and Yugoslavia would be elaborated. In this regard, July 15 would be no dramatic event, and we were expecting that after that a professional like Gen. Klein would lead a mission of international supervision, Kostovic said. Belgian officials were interested in organization of the return of Croatian displaced persons to the Danubian area and in ways how to solve the problem of Serbs who have moved into the area and are now living in houses of the displaced people. The list of persons who were not included in the amnesty law also interested them. I told them that we adhered to legal principles and that it (the list) was the matter of our juridical system, the Croatian Vice Premier said. As regards problems of Croatian displaced persons' return and persons who are living in their houses, Kostovic said that Development and Reconstruction Ministry was preparing "a programme which will answer those questions." He added that as early as spring some of displaced persons would be able to come back in the area but that conditions for mass return would be created only after July 15. An assistant to Croatian Foreign Minister, Neven Madey, on Wednesday also received the Belgian delegation led by the Belgian government special envoy for UNTAES, Thierry de Gruben, Foreign Ministry said. At the meeting Belgian officials paid tribute to the Republic of Croatia and its policy in peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area. Madey and the guests discussed goals of next monitor mission after July 15, this year. Ahead of their trip to Vukovar the Belgian delegation expressed willingness to invest in the area. (hina) jn mš 052054 MET mar 97