U.S. CONDEMNS SUGGESTIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THIRD ENTITY IN BH

SARAJEVO, Feb 18 (Hina) - The United States Embassy in Sarajevo on Thursday condemned suggestions for the creation of a third entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH) and demanded full compliance with the Dayton peace agreement by which the Croat-Muslim federation within BH was established in 1994. An Embassy statement said the U.S. abides fully by the Washington agreement and the implementation of the Dayton agreement which, the statement said, helped create one state, BH, composed of two, and only two, multiethnic entities. The U.S. Embassy reminds that the entire international community advocated the implementation of the Dayton agreement in the form it was signed, while the Peace Implementation Council in Madrid last December confirmed the international community's decision. There is nor will be an alternative, the statement said, adding Bosnia's future can be ensured only through the establishment of a genuinely multiethnic society. Recent statement, such as in a "Slobodna BH" daily commentary, which attacked the principles of the Dayton agreement, are irresponsible and unacceptable, the statement said. Equally so are campaigns for the signing of petitions which call for the creation of a third entity, the statement added, and called on political leaders to publicly distance themselves from similar statements and actions and to reiterate their commitment to the Dayton agreement. (hina) ha jn