DUBROVNIK, June 21 (Hina) - Families of 35 US and Croatian citizens who
died in a plane crash near Dubrovnik last year paid a visit to this
historical southern Adriatic town on Saturday to commemorate the tragic
event.
Twenty-six members of a US trade mission led by Trade Secretary Ron
Brown, a six-member crew, a journalist and two Croatian citizens, press
photographer Niksa Antonini and interpreter Dragica Lendic Bebek, died
when their plane hit a mountainside in bad weather on April 3, 1996.
Their families were welcomed in Dubrovnik's Sponza Palace by the
Croatian government envoy, Tourism Minister Niko Bulic, Dubrovnik County
Prefect Jure Buric, Dubrovnik Mayor Vido Bogdanovic and local government
officials.
After welcoming remarks by US Ambassador to Croatia Peter
Galbraith, Minister Bulic said: "All Croats and citizens of Croatia, and
particularly residents of Dubrovnik, keep in their hearts the
contribution the members of the US mission made by arriving in Croatia."
"The US mission, whose aim was to strengthen the peace in Bosnia-
Herzegovina and help Croatia recover from the war, will remain in the
hearts of our people because it came at a time when we needed help and
understanding," Bulic added.
Speaking on behalf of the American families, Assistant Trade
Secretary Marjory Searing thanked the Croatian officials for the
reception.
Afterwards, the guests toured Dubrovnik's historical nucleus and
visited the Ronald Brown Memorial Gallery.
A visit to St John hill, the site of the plane crash, was scheduled
for Sunday.
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