NEW BOSNIAN PASSPORTS TO BE DELIVERED BY END OF WEEK

( Editorial: --> 6691 ) SARAJEVO, May 26 (Hina) - About 50,000 new Bosnia-Herzegovina passports and equipment for their issuing will be delivered to authorised offices in Sarajevo and Banja Luka by the end of this week, the Office of the High Representative (OHR) said on Tuesday. OHR spokeswoman Aisling Byrne told a Sarajevo press conference that a ceremony for issuing the first passports in Banja Luka and Sarajevo should be held at the beginning of next week, during June. She said there were plans to open 21 offices across Bosnia which would be responsible for issuing the united BH passport. Deputy High Representative Hanns Schumacher has asked the BH Council of Ministers to immediately decide on the fee for issuing the passports which should be the same in both Bosnian entities. (Hina) jn mbr/rml 261709 MET may 98