CRO PEASANTS PARTY IN BOSNIA WILL NOT ATTEND MEETING WITH TUDJMAN

( Editorial: --> 5790 ) SARAJEVO, Aug 25 (Hina) - The Croatian Peasants' Party of Bosnia- Herzegovina (HSS BiH) will not attend the meeting with the Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, scheduled for August 26 in Zagreb, the party president Ilija Simic said in a statement sent to Hina on Tuesday. If they truly wish to help Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina, President Tudjman and Croatia can do it in two ways: by not interfering with the process of development of political subjectivity of Bosnian Croats and through internal development as a truly pluralistic and democratic country. Unfortunately, everything the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and its president Tudjman have done so far is contrary to that and there is no reason to believe that the meeting we have been invited to could represent any positive and productive change, the HSS statement said. The HSS BiH leadership firmly believes in the democratic future of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia and the establishment of mutually useful and productive relations between Croats living in the two countries, the statement said. (hina) rml 252317 MET aug 98