BOSNIAK OFFICIALS TERMINATE BOYCOTT

MOSTAR, Nov 30 (Hina) - Bosniak (Moslem) officials in bodies of authority in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, town of Mostar and municipalities in the Canton, on Tuesday terminated a three-week boycott and decided to continue cooperation with the Mostar regional office of the High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Herzegovina-Neretva committee of the Democratic Action Party (SDA) said in a statement there was no more reason "for Bosniak representatives in bodies of authority not to cooperate with the regional office of the High Representative in Mostar," as the chief Office of the High Representative in Sarajevo had shown determination in solving amassed problems in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton and the town of Mostar. The SDA recalled Monday's decision by the High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission chief to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Robert Barry, about the dismissal of several Bosnian officials, including the heads of four municipalities in the canton. The dismissals are "a kind of deblockage of Herzegovina," the SDA committee said. Bosniak officials "froze" their relations with the Mostar regional office of the High Representative on November 9 because, as they said at the time, "the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) is completely blocking the work of the Canton, town and municipality, and the decisions of the High Representative and signed agreements on Mostar are not being implemented". (hina) lml