TOMAC: ONE SHOULDN'T DISMISS IDEA OF THIRD BOSNIAN ENTITY

MOSTAR/SIROKI BRIJEG, Nov 30 (Hina) - The chairman of the Croatian parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, Zdravko Tomac, said in Siroki Brijeg on Friday that "one should not dismiss the idea of a third entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina," the best solution regarding the organisation of the country being cantonisation. #L# "If the Serbs have Republika Srpska, why would not the Croats have their own entity as well and why is that considered nationalism?," Tomac said at the presentation of the book "The Enigma of Bosnia- Herzegovina" by Bozo Zepic, a professor at Mostar University. Tomac is the consulting editor of the book which advocates the idea of the stabilising effect of the third entity on Bosnia- Herzegovina. Participants in the presentation were read a letter by a recently elected Croat member of the state presidency, Dragan Covic, who wrote that "nothing in Bosnia-Herzegovina has been settled for good". Addressing the gathered, Tomac expressed regret at lack of awareness in Croatia about the difficult position of Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which he said was the most important national issue. "If Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina do not solve the national issue, the entire Croat people and the state will be jeopardised," Tomac said. He believes that the former HDZ authorities made a mistake by attempting to govern Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina, while the new authorities have made a mistake by distancing themselves from Bosnian Croats. (hina) rml