TROIKA SAYS EU WANTS INTEGRAL IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE AGREEMENT

( Editorial: --> 3679 ) SARAJEVO, Sept 28 (Hina) - European Union (EU) member-countries expect all recently elected bodies of authority in Bosnia to fully comply with their obligations from the Dayton peace agreement, Ambassadors of the EU troika said in Sarajevo on Monday. The EU will continue supporting moderate political forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH), Austrian Ambassador Valentin Inzko told reporters. The EU calls on newly elected officials to follow the spirit of moderate policy, national reconciliation, democracy and reforms, Inzko said, emphasising further international community support would be strictly conditioned on the implementation of the peace agreement. The EU Presidency warns that it will not tolerate any attempts aimed at stopping the Dayton process or at subverting BH's sovereignty, Inzko said. British Ambassador to BH Graham Hand said the newly elected Bosnian Serb Premier, Nikola Poplasen, with whom he met last week, had given him full assurances he would continue implementing the peace agreement. Poplasen is a very intelligent man and understands that both he and the Bosnian Serb entity need EU assistance, Hand said, emphasising that clear demands for an integral implementation of Dayton were placed before Poplasen. We will cooperate with Poplasen and expect to achieve these goals through dialogue, the British Ambassador said. Hand also said the EU and Great Britain were supportive of United States in its demands to have a moderate politician as the Bosnian Serb Premier, adding that Poplasen intended to offer the post to the Serb Democratic Party (SDS). German Ambassador Hennecke Graf von Bassewitz told reporters the EU did not intend to dispute the democratic legitimacy of anyone who had won the voters' confidence at the September 12 and 13 elections, but also pointed out that the EU was not going to cooperate with anyone who might advocate extremist positions in the future. (hina) ha 281338 MET sep 98