CROATIA-BOSNIA POLITICAL RELATIONS LACKING IN CONCRETE COOPERATION

SARAJEVO, Nov 5 (Hina) - Political relations between Croatia and Bosnia are lacking in concrete cooperation and this calls for re- examining the way in which the two countries regulated relations to date, Croatia's parliamentary speaker said in Sarajevo on Monday. "The sum of bilateral agreements" signed by Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina has not given the expected results, Zlatko Tomcic told reporters following talks with Bosnia's three-men Presidency. "During the talks we came to the idea that all these agreements that have or haven't been signed or are waiting for ratification could be replaced by a general bilateral agreement which would encompass the overall relations between the two countries," said Tomcic. The parliamentary speaker said this idea needed further, more detailed discussion, possibly at the next session of the Croatian- Bosnian Cooperation Council, to convene in Zagreb later this month. The Croatian parliamentary delegation will notify the government upon returning to Zagreb. Bosnian Presidency chairman Jozo Krizanovic described the relations between the two neighbours as "exceptionally correct." He added, however, "there is good reason to be dissatisfied with the dynamics of the implementation of agreements that have been signed to date." Bosnia's Presidency will forward the notion of a new, integral Croatian-Bosnian agreement to competent state bodies, the Council of Ministers in the first place. The Croatian parliamentary delegation resumed official talks in the Bosnian capital by meeting officials of the bicameral state parliament. (hina) ha