BOSNIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY DISASSOCIATES ITSELF FROM SILAJDZIC'S

ZAGREB, Aug 26 (Hina) - The Bosnian Foreign Ministry on Thursday disassociated itself from claims made by the co-chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Haris Silajdzic, that Croatian President Franjo Tudjman was responsible for the conflict between Croats and Bosniaks (Moslems) in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In a letter in response to a Croatian Foreign Ministry's protest note, and on behalf of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia- Herzegovina, the Bosnian Foreign Ministry, "following a discussion about the issue at a session of the Council of Ministers, claims that the expressed stances were the personal opinion of Haris Silajdzic and did not represent the stance of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina". The Ministry responded to Wednesday's protest note forwarded by the Croatian Foreign Ministry regarding an interview given by Silajdzic to Wednesday's issue of Zagreb's daily "Jutarnji list" in which he claimed Tudjman was responsible for the conflict between Croats and Bosniaks and should be held accountable before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. (Hina) lml