HOFFMAN & BARRY: HDZ BH MUST IMPLEMENT DECISIONS OF OHR AND OSCE

SARAJEVO, Jan 10 (Hina) - The head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Robert Barry, and Deputy High Representative Matei Hoffman on Monday demanded that the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in Bosnia- Herzegovina immediately relieve its members who were previously replaced for obstructing the implementation of the Dayton Agreement from their duties. Barry and Hoffman forwarded the demand to the vice president of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina Ivo Andric Luzanski, with whom they also held talks in Sarajevo. They demanded that the HDZ BH respects decisions of the Office of the High Representative and the OSCE mission. Barry and Hoffman stressed that in case the HDZ BH fails to do so it would be prevented from participating in the upcoming elections. Hoffman and Barry also gave a standpoint, according to which the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency should decide on the way the upcoming elections for the Croatian President should be conducted on Bosnia-Herzegovina territory considering a great number if Bosnia-Herzegovina citizens with Croatian citizenship. (hina) it