NATO EUROPEAN COMMANDER MAKES UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO MOSTAR

( Editorial: --> 7352 ) MOSTAR, 26 Jan (Hina) - NATO commander for Europe, General Wesley Clark, made an unannounced visit to Mostar on Monday and met the commander of SFOR's Multinational Division for Sector South-East, French general Christian Delanghe, and the head of the Regional Office of the High Representative in Mostar, Martin Garrod. General Clark also visited SFOR troops in Stolac, south of Mostar. He told reporters he had arrived to see the activities of SFOR troops in carrying out the civilian and military parts of the Dayton peace agreement. Asked about the arrest of people indicted for war crimes, General Clark answered that there was "still a great number of war crimes suspects who had not turned themselves in and who were not brought in". "When we meet those people during our activities, they will be arrested," he said. Clark declined to comment on speculation on possible arrests of war crimes suspects in the region of Herzegovina, in the SFOR Multinational Division's zone of responsibility. He rejected criticism that French troops in the SFOR contingent were incapable of arresting war crimes suspects, emphasising that those troops were able to carry out all tasks. General Clark also rejected commenting on rumours that Spanish SFOR troops would be replaced by Americans. (Hina) mm mb 261946 MET jan 98