SARAJEVO MEDIA ON CROATIA PM'S VISIT TO BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, July 15 (Hina) - The media in Bosnia-Herzegovina attached special attention to the visit of Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan to that country on Tuesday. The press, however, mostly negatively assessed the outcome of the most important topic tackled during talks with Bosnian officials -- the construction of the Vc road corridor. #L# Dnevni Avaz, Bosnia-Herzegovina's daily with the biggest circulation, ran an article on the Croatian PM's visit headlined "What is Hiding Behind Racan's Proposal". The daily's special editorial accuses Racan of "trying to dictate the conditions for the construction of a highway through Bosnia, and at the same time asking for an international public bid." Dnevni Avaz has so far actively lobbied for a private company behind which there is allegedly Malaysian capital to be entrusted with the construction of the Budapest-Ploce highway. Somewhat more diplomatic in reporting on the outcome of Racan's talks in Sarajevo was the Oslobodjenje daily. The daily, however, brings into question the Croatian PM's efforts. The front page headlines say that the chairman of the Bosnian Council of Ministers, Adnan Terzic "received the highway proposal in a cold manner". According to the daily, the key evidence is Terzic's comment on how it is unusual for government to receive concession in other countries. Oslobodjenje ran a special interview with the Croatian Prime Minister in which he dismissed assessments that Bosnian authorities were not interested in the Croatian government's proposal. "This is not how I interpreted this. We are confident that the proposal was well received by all officials and this is why we are leaving Sarajevo full of optimism. Jutarnje Novine daily was neutral in reporting on stands regarding the highway construction. Banja Luka's Nezavisne Novine daily said Racan and Terzic did not achieve a concrete agreement on the highway, while Glas Srpske suggests that the future Vc corridor should be to the benefit of both Croatia and Bosnia, because it will practically erase the border between the two countries. (hina) it