HDZ OPENS OFFICES IN VUKOVAR

VUKOVAR, Dec 3 (Hina) - A member of the Presidency of the Croatian Democratic Union party (HDZ), Vladimir Seks, on Wednesday opened the offices of the HDZ City Committee in Vukovar. The Vukovar HDZ had a historic responsibility to create the basic preconditions for the return of displaced persons, now that the state-building goal had been accomplished, Seks said. The first part of the HDZ programme - ensuring freedom and a state for the Croatian people and all Croatian citizens had been achieved, and it was now HDZ's key task to create conditions for economic development and the opening of jobs, Seks said. The party's secretary-general Ivan Valent stressed Vukovar was a Croatian city, but also a city of each person who respected Croatian laws and the city's legal authority. Croatians can forgive, and let this be a collateral for coexistence of all citizens in the Republic of Croatia, Valent said. Present at the ceremony were also chairwoman of the National Trust Establishment Committee, Vesna Skare-Ozbolt and her deputy Ivica Vrkic, high state and local officials. (hina) lm jn 031843 MET dec 97