FRENCH AMBASSADOR VISITS VUKOVAR

( Editorial: --> 3541 ) VUKOVAR, Nov 25 (Hina) - The French Ambassador to Croatia, Jean Jacques Gaillarde said in Vukovar on Tuesday that the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube river region was a successful process which, if it ended successfully, would pose an example to all the peoples in the former Yugoslavia as to how to peacefully resolve conflicts. After a closed-door meeting with Mayor Vladimir Stengl, Gaillarde told reporters he was very satisfied with the measures undertaken so far so the residents of the UN-administered Danubian area could live in dignity. Asked about France's financial help in the reconstruction of the Danube region, Gaillarde recalled that France was participating in European Union plans for the reconstruction of the area, adding that France would also help on its own in the future. Stengl said that France had donated about DM 1.5 million to the reconstruction of the Vukovar water supply system. During his visit to Croatia's eastern UNTAES-conrolled region, Gaillarde is to hold talks with the director of the Croatian Reconstruction and Development of the Danubian Area Centre, Ivan Krstanovic, Vojislav Stanimirovic, MP, deputy chairman of the Croatian government Trust Establishment Committee and president of the Serb Democratic Independent Party (SDSS), as well as with UNTAES representatives. (hina) lm 251234 MET nov 97