INT MEDIATOR ACCUSES LOCAL HDZ BIH OFFICIALS OF OBSTRUCTION

( Editorial: --> 1382 ) MOSTAR, Aug 2 (Hina) - International mediator for the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Christian Schwartz Schilling, has told local Bosnian Croat officials to stick by promises not to obstruct implementation of the Dayton accords. He made the warning on Sunday following a visit to Bosniak (Muslim) returnees in the southern town of Stolac and a meeting with Bosniak representatives from the Herzegovina-Neretva County and Stolac, which is under majority Croat control. Schilling said representatives of Stolac Croats did not turn up to the meeting, even though Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia- Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) president Ante Jelavic yesterday had told him there would not be obstructions made by local party officials. Obstructions have arrived despite the promise, the international mediator for Bosnia's Croat-Muslim entity said. He said that if certain HDZ BiH leaders did not change their stance towards the international community and implementation of the Dayton accords, he would announce how that party was working against the interests of the Croat people of BH. (Hina) mbr 022124 MET aug 98