OSCE URGES DISCONTINUATION OF BOYCOTT IN POST-ELECTION PROCESS IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, Feb 20 (Hina) - The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is concerned over delays in the establishment of new bodies of authority in Bosnia-Herzegovina and insists on the immediate discontinuation of acts which hamper that process, said Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, on Tuesday in Sarajevo at the end of his visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina, which he toured as the current OSCE chairman. At the end of the official talks he led with local officials and representatives of international organisations, Minister Geoana, said there should be no place in democratic processes for boycotts or similar acts which hindered the implementation of the election results. We support the rights of constituent peoples of Bosnia to defend their culture, language, religion and education, but all parties in concern must respect commitment of acting inside the system and with the participation in the elected bodies of authority, the Romanian Minister added alluding to a crisis caused by the decision of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) not to participate in the post-election processes. He reminded that Bosnia was in a grave economic and social situation and this could be changed only through the cooperation between political parties and citizens. (hina) ms