"We have received a list with 33 names," Bosnjakovic told Croatian Radio, stressing that the list would not be made public. "The list contains the names of the people who have been indicted and who are under investigation. That is why those data cannot be made public," said the minister.

He added that the Justice Ministry had defined a procedure to enable all interested members of the public to check on the ministry's web site if they were on the list or not.

A query form and instructions for filling it out are available on the ministry's web site and can be printed out. The inquiring party should fill out the form and send it along with their photo to the ministry's address. Once it receives the query, the ministry will contact the Serbian Justice Ministry once again and check if the data is correct, after which it will send a written reply to the inquiring party, said Bosnjakovic.

Asked if the list could be updated to contain more names or if the version received from Belgrade was a final one, Bosnjakovic said that Serbian authorities were still updating their lists and that Croatia expected more data.

"This is not the final version because the other side is updating all lists and further data are expected," the minister said, adding that he could not say how many people would be on the final list.

The minister said the submitted list was in line with the agreement reached at his meeting with Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic in Zagreb last week.

"This is what we agreed on at the last meeting, when I insisted that as they systematise their data... they send us all the data available now. This, I would say, is the first delivery," Bosnjakovic said.

Asked if his ministry would provide legal assistance to Croatian citizens found to be on the list, Bosnjakovic said his ministry and other bodies of state administration would do everything possible within their jurisdiction.