ASSOCIATION OF MOSTAR'S CROAT MUNICIPALITIES FOUNDED

MOSTAR, July 4 (Hina) - The councillors of Mostar's three municipalities with majority Croat population, named South, Southwest and West, at Friday's session reached a unanimous decision that the three municipalities should unite as the Association of Croat Municipalities. All 38 of the present councillors publicly signed the decision. In line with the decision, the Association's administration was also established, whose head, until the Bosnian September municipal election, will be Stipe Maric. The association of the three municipalities was, according to Mostar Mayor Ivan Prskalo, "warranted by the Dayton Accord", and should not, he believed, cause any negative reactions in the international community. "The Croat side wants to protect and save the town from major stressful situations", said Prskalo, adding that the municipalities did associate "to diminish stress in operational issues in the period preceding the September election." (hina) ha mm 041549 MET jul 97