KLEIN: CROATIANS ARE FED UP WITH POLICY OF NATIONALISM

SARAJEVO, Jan 7 (Hina) - The parliamentary election in Croatia is a step toward democracy and away from the post-war nationalist policy of ethnic division, the head of the U.N. Mission to Bosnia- Herzegovina, Jacques Klein, said in an interview with the Sarajevo daily 'Oslobodjenje' on Friday. Klein said it was obvious that Croatians were fed up with the policy of nationalism which had resulted in their isolation from Europe. The voters have realised that Croatia's interfering in Bosnia's internal affairs has drawn the country further away from European and North American states, Klein said, adding he was perplexed by the hesitancy of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) to nominate Mate Granic its presidential candidate. The Croatian parliamentary election is a clear message also to the peoples of Bosnia-Herzegovina that they will have no future if they continue voting for parties solely on the basis of their nationality, because the real issues are the economic ones. The election in Croatia is a message to Croats and Serbs in Bosnia that their dreams of secession are over. There is a state Bosnia- Herzegovina, which is part of the United Nations and which will join the European family of states, Klein said. He recommended to BH Croats to focus on realising their rights as a constituent nation through the federal and state bodies of authority in their own country. (hina) rml