SPANISH PARLIAMENT DELEGATION ARRIVES IN MOSTAR

MOSTAR, July 1 (Hina) - Mostar mayor Ivan Prskalo and his deputy Safet Orucevic on Tuesday received a delegation of the Spanish Parliament Defence Committee headed by chairman Alejandro Munoz. The Spanish delegation arrived on Tuesday for a visit to Spanish troops serving in the NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Bosnia- Herzegovina. Their headquarters is located in the southwestern town of Medjugorje. Prskalo thanked the guests for the contribution of Spanish troops in maintaining the peace in the Mostar area and expressed a desire for the promotion of economic cooperation. Munoz said that significant progress had been made in Mostar in the last few months, emphasising that the will of the town's Croat and Moslem residents to live together was noticeable. Munoz said that Spain was honoured that its brigade had contributed to the establishment of peace in Mostar. (hina) vm 011548 MET jul 97