INTERNATIONAL REPS MEET MOSTAR MAYOR

MOSTAR, 17 Feb (Hina) - The Mostar Mayor Ivan Prskalo on Monday received international representatives, who were accompanied by the Federation ombudsmen. The delegation, which before meeting Prskalo met with his deputy Safet Orucevic, included the Mostar-based head of the office of the high international representative in Bosnia, Sir Martin Garrod, the head of the regional office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Mostar, Edward Joseph, Federation ombudsmen Branka Raguz, Vera Jovanovic and Esad Muhibic and Mostar-based deputy to the Federation ombudsmen Sefik Hadzihasanovic. #L# Mostar Mayor Prskalo said after the meeting that the talks with international representatives had focused on incidents which occurred in the town on 10 February and the situation which followed the incidents. Prskalo said that he, as the mayor of the town, had presented reliable information on incidents in the city to international representatives, adding he always presented reliable information. Prskalo said he expected that results of the investigation of Mostar incidents, which is being conducted by an international commission, would be known in the next two days. Federation ombudsman Branka Raguz said that the ombudsmen held useful talks with Mayor Prskalo and his deputy Orucevic. She said that information systems on both sides of the Neretva river were presenting false information. 'They all have their own truth, which is also one of the reasons for the bad human rights situation in Mostar', Raguz said. War tensions were being intensified by the local media, Raguz said, adding that Mostar incidents had resulted in revenge-taking throughout the Federation. (hina) rm jn 172020 MET feb 97