CHANGE OF DUTCH GOVERNMENT WON'T AFFECT AID TO BOSNIA - KOK

SARAJEVO, June 11 (Hina) - Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok announced in Sarajevo on Tuesday that his country would not stop assisting Bosnia-Herzegovina, particularly refugee returns, regardless of the replacement of the government. #L# Following talks with the chairman of the Bosnian presidency, Beriz Belkic, Kok told journalists that the Dutch government remained committed to its previous pledge of assisting Bosnia-Herzegovina, and this was largely due to the tragedy in Srebrenica. He said that the events in Srebrenica were a true drama. The Netherlands cannot undo them, however, there are people responsible for them and those people should be brought to trial, Kok said. Wim Kok's government offered to resign following a report by the Dutch Institute for war documents about the events in Srebrenica in 1995, which led to the massacre of around 7,000 Bosnian Muslims by the Bosnian Serb army. A spokesman for the outgoing government stated that Kok's visit did not necessarily mean an apology for the conduct of Dutch UN troops responsible for protecting Srebrenica as a UN zone. (hina) sp rml