MINISTER KOSTOVIC'S TALKS WITH REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS

NOVIGRAD, June 4 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Prime Minster, Dr. Ivica Kostovic, held a meeting today in Novigrad with representatives of the 1060 refugees from Central Bosnia, who are temporarily accommodated in the resort centre "Pineta" (in the Slovene ownership). At today's talks Minister Kostovic told the refugees' representatives that the Croatian Government would have to respect the agreement signed with the Slovene Government on moving the refugees from the "Pineta". According to the agreement, the refugees were supposed to be moved from the resort centre by seven days after the end of this school year. The exiled Croats from Central Bosnia should go from "Pineta" to other facilities, already prepared for their accommodation such as "Borozija" in Savudrija and the refugees' centres "Karlo Rojc" and "Kamenjak" in Pula or on the island of Vis. Minister Kostovic also said that the Croatian Government had undertaken measures to carry out the movement of the refugees as much painlessly and efficaciously as possibly. After his visit to Novigrad Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Ivica Kostovic left for Rabac this afternoon to hold a meeting with the displaced persons mostly from Vukovar, now sheltered in Hotel "Hedera". Their talks focused on possibilities to move the displaced persons from Hotel "Hedera" to adequate accommodation in Rovinj. 042059 MET jun 94