WESTENDORP MEETS REPRESENTATIVES OF CRO OPPOSITION

ZAGREB, April 19 (Hina) - The High Representative of the international community for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Carlos Westendorp, on Monday said the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe believed it was illegal for constitutional people of a country to vote in another country. Westendorp met with representatives of the Croatian Opposition Monday. Present at the talks were Zdravko Tomac of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Drazen Budisa of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), Vlado Gotovac of the Liberal Party (LS), Zlatko Tomcic of the Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS), Radomir Cacic of the Croatian People's Party (HNS) and Emil Soldatic of the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS). When asked to comment on Bosnian Croats voting in elections in Croatia, Westendorp said such a thing was possible only for those Croats who have dual citizenship. However, according to the Dayton Agreement, if an international agreement on dual citizenship is not signed by the year 2003, Bosnian Croats will not have dual citizenship and will not be able to vote in Croatia, said the High Representatives. "We talked subjectively about all problems in Bosnia-Herzegovina, particularly about attempts of the international community to create more suitable circumstances for cooperation between the three peoples, namely more tolerant relations", Tomcic said after the talks. The Croatian Opposition representatives and Westendorp also discussed NATO strikes on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and their effects on the situation in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. (hina) it/lml