BOSNIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ON DJINDJIC'S STATEMENTS IN SALZBURG

MOSTAR/SARAJEVO, Sept 18 (Hina) - The Bosnian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic had advocated the redrawing of borders in the Balkans and brought Bosnia's sovereignty into question at a working dinner of the European Economic Forum in Salzburg two days ago. #L# "Djindjic connected solving of difficulties in Bosnia with the issue of Kosovo, and said that the current states in the Balkans were not typical and as such, could hardly merge with European criteria," the ministry's officials said. Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija, supported by Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, harshly criticised Djindjic, ministry officials said, and added that the coordinator of the Stability Pact was present at the working dinner. A spokesman for the OSCE Mission in Bosnia, Philipp Henning, told Hina that Djindjic's statement was not considered his official stance, as was not the recent statement by Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica that "Republika Srpska is temporarily separated from Serbia". Kostunica and Djindjic said earlier there would be no redrawing of borders, so these statements are not considered their official stances, Henning said. (hina) lml