CROATIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES COPENHAGEN SOCIAL SUMMIT

COPENHAGEN, March 10 (Hina) - The overall social development of Croatia fully depended on the process of the peaceful reintegration of occupied areas into its administrative system, Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Kostovic today said at a world summit on social development in Copenhagen. Kostovic, heading a Croatian delegation attending the summit, spoke of the difficulties Croatia was faced with in providing for a large number of refugees and displaced people. "The Croatian government is willing to respect and fully protect all minority rights and the right of all ethnic and national communities to their identity, culture, faith, language and script, and eduction," Kostovic said. He added that "on the way to the peaceful reintegration, the Croatian government will make every effort to guarantee equal rights to all groups and individuals." (hina) mm vm 101443 MET mar 95