DISCUSSION ON REINTEGRATION OF CRO OCCUPIED AREA IN FLORENCE

FLORENCE, June 14 (Hina) - "A very high-quality discussion" on conditions in eastern Slavonia, Baranja and western Srijem and on the reintegration of that region within the constitutional frame of Croatia had been held at the Ministerial Conference on the Implementation of the Dayton Agreement in Florence, Italy, on Friday, said Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic. The session on the regional dimension of the peace process saw speeches by transitional administrator for the Croatian Danubian area, General Jacques Klein, Granic, Belgian Foreign Minister Erik Derycke and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. Granic said that Klein had been given full support in his efforts for a peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area. He added that he had appealed for supplementary financial aid for the reconstruction not only of that area but the whole Croatia, particularly the most destroyed liberated areas, and aid had been promised by EU Commissioner for Relations Between Southeastern European Countries, Hans van den Broek. Granic concluded by saying that the conference, attended by 45 countries and 15 international organizations, provided an opportunity to invite all participants to support the admission of Croatia into the Council of Europe. (hina) ha jn 141820 MET jun 96