EQUAL TREATMENT FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS IN BH ELECTIONS: SOLJIC & BARRY

( Editorial: --> 8925 ) SARAJEVO, June 4 (Hina) - Vice-President of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina Vladimir Soljic held talks with the head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) Mission in Bosnia Robert Barry on preparations for the September elections, Soljic's office said in a statement. The meeting stressed the need for consistent and principled respect for confirmed election regulations as well as equal treatment of all participants in the elections by the election organisers and the entire international community. Soljic and Barry also discussed problems in the functioning of newly-established joint bodies of authority in certain municipalities in the Federation, especially in the Herzegovina- Neretva and Central Bosnia cantons. It was judged necessary that these problems be solved as soon as possible with joint efforts by the federal partners and representatives of the international community. (hina) bag/rml 041902 MET jun 98