SDA WANTS TO SOLVE OPEN QUESTIONS IN RELATIONS WITH CROATIA

SARAJEVO, April 17 (Hina) - The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) of Bosnia-Herzegovina will initiate the resolution of the most relevant open questions with Croatia this year, SDA president and a member of the collective Bosnia-Herzegovina state presidency, Alija Izetbegovic said on Saturday. The use of the Ploce port, property relations, citizenship and border questions are SDA's basic tasks in the coming period as regards relations with Croatia, Izetbegovic told a session of the party's Main Committee in Sarajevo today. He also supported the establishment of permanent contact with "democratic political parties" in Croatia, but also with parties of the centre in Europe and the world. Speaking about priorities in internal policy, the SDA president said the party had to support the normalisation of relations between central state bodies of authority, re-examine the adoption of decisions by consensus in executive authorities, and improve relations with the Croatian partner in BH. The Bosniak leader also advocated urgent implementation of a state presidency decision on two-way return of 6,000 refugees to Sarajevo, Mostar and Banja Luka, and the drawing-up of a plan of exchange of refugees, which should facilitate the implementation of the arbitration decision on Brcko, a town in northern Bosnia- Herzegovina. (hina) rml