PICULA, TOMAC SPEAK WITH CROAT LEADERS IN MOSTAR

MOSTAR, April 12 (Hina) - Following a meeting with representatives of Croat political parties in Mostar, Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula stated that Friday's talks indicated varying attitudes to constitutional amendments, that is, to the Sarajevo Agreement on Constitutional amendments on the constitutionality of all three peoples on the entire region of Bosnia-Herzegovina. #L# Picula did not specify what "differences" he was referring to, but some of today's participants at the meeting explained that representatives of the ruling Alliance for Changes - the New Croatian Initiative and the Bosnian Croatian Peasants' Party - persevered in adopting the Sarajevo Agreement which was however, opposed by representatives of parties gathered in the Croatian National Assembly of Bosnia. Picula told reporters that they discussed the possibilities of reaching a consensus between Bosnian Croat political parties on the Sarajevo Agreement, that is constitutional amendments. According to Picula, there are elements about which such a consensus could be reached and it was agreed that all Bosnian Croat political parties would meet in Sarajevo next Monday and once again consider the position of Croats in Bosnia in light of the Agreement. The president of the Croatian National Community, Milenko Brkic, who will preside Monday's meeting stated that the Sarajevo Agreement was "on the path of finding a solution for Croats in Bosnia", and as he explained, the meeting on Monday should focus on finding improvements to constitutional amendments in favour of Croats. President of the New Croatian Initiative, Kresimir Zubak, said that it was concluded at today's meeting that one of the corrections to the amendments could be the method of electing the president and vice president of the Bosnian Federation with the aim of protecting the position of Croats. (hina) sp sb