LAGUMDZIJA, CLINTON HOLD TALKS ON SAMOS ISLAND

MOSTAR/SARAJEVO, July 8 (Hina) - Former US President Bill Clinton and Bosnian Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija have said that the Dayton peace agreement, which put an end to the war in Bosnia- Herzegovina, could only constitute the foundation for the construction of the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Bosnian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. #L# Clinton and Lagumdzija held talks on the margins of the fifth annual symposium on the management of changes and conflicts in countries in transition and Europe's role in the world, which is held on the Greek island of Samos. The Dayton agreement stopped the war too late and it is only a foundation on which one must build institutions and a constitutional and legal framework which will be to the benefit of all citizens and facilitate the country's economic recovery and admission to European associations, Clinton and Lagumdzija concluded. This year's symposium is attended by numerous officials and prominent figures, including Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula, a winner of the Nobel Prize for Economy and World Bank advisor, Joseph Stiglitz, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, and others. (hina) rml sb