REVIEW OF BOSNIAN FEDERATION ARMY ORGANISATION BEGINS

SARAJEVO, Jan 11 (Hina) - The current organisation of the Bosnian Federation Army will be reviewed, with the goal of ensuring a more rational organisation and increasing efficiency in completing tasks as stipulated by the Dayton Agreement, the Croat-Moslem Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina Defence Ministry said in a statement Monday. The Ministry said foreign military attaches accredited in Bosnia- Herzegovina had been informed of the process by the federal Defence Minister Miroslav Prce and his deputy Sakib Mahmuljin. The rationalisation project known as "Federation Army '99" began in the first days of this year. The military attaches were informed that an agreement had been reached with the Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI) company on the third phase of the "Equip and Train Programme" for the Bosnian Federation Army. The additional equipping and training will be carried out during the year and will cost a little more than US$16 million. As part of the programme, several other countries provided aid to the Bosnian Federation, ensuring training for 2,500 soldiers, the statement said. Prce and Mahmuljin stressed that an especially important result of the military section of the peace agreement was the consolidation of trust between Croats and Bosniaks (Moslems). (hina) lml