INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN DUBROVNIK ENTERS SECOND DAY

DUBROVNIK, May 29 (Hina) - The international conference on peace and stability in South East Europe continued in Dubrovnik today. The conference was organised by the Croatian International Relations Institute and the British Wilton Park organisation, under the auspices of the Croatian foreign, defence and European integration ministries. Conferences organised by Wilton Park are traditionally held behind closed doors. Speaking today was Bosnia's Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija who told reporters, after his address, that Croatia's President Stipe Mesic is soon to visit Bosnia-Herzegovina, which indicates that the relations between the two countries are entering a new phase. Lagumdzija said the initiative on a trilateral meeting between Croatia, Bosnia and Yugoslavia has long been present, and said he hoped the meeting would occur without the assistance of foreign factors. Commenting on the presence of foreign troops in Bosnia- Herzegovina, Lagumdzija said they would one day end up in another country through a gradual transformation, but the issue of their withdrawal cannot be discussed at this moment. (hina) lml sb