BH FEDERATION GOVT SUPPORTS AGREEMENT ON SPECIAL RELATIONS

SARAJEVO, Nov 6 (Hina) - The Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina Government on Friday assessed that the draft agreement on special relations with Croatia contained most of the standpoints already accepted by the Federation. However, the Government asked for minor changes, mostly concerning some language formulations. The Federation Government received the opinion of the Justice Ministry, which judged the initialled draft agreement on special relations with Croatia was in accordance with the regulations of the Federation's Constitution and the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and that it in no way jeopardised its sovereignty and territorial integrity. The head of the BH negotiating team, Kasim Trnka, said today that the agreement was only a "legal framework" for the future cooperation between the BH Federation and Croatia, and that its final form remained to be defined through annexes. Federation President Ejup Ganic told reporters the conclusions the Federation Government adopted today were only the "retouching" of the initialled agreement. Asked whether the agreement would be signed on Monday in Zagreb, as announced, Ganic said he was not sure about Monday, but believed the agreement would "certainly be signed in the coming days". (hina) mm rml