TRAVNIK SDA ISSUES STATEMENT ON BUKOVICA INCIDENT

TRAVNIK, Aug 31 (Hina) - After the office of the international representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina yesterday demanded of Bosniak (Muslim) authorities in Travnik (central BH) to take a public stand on and apologize for an incident which took Place in the nearby village of Bukovica on 29 August, when some 200 Bosniaks prevented about 100 Croats from visiting their houses in the village after four years of exile, the Municipal Committee of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) in Travnik on Sunday morning issued a statement on the matter. The statement the Travnik SDA forwarded to the high representative's office in Sarajevo, Bosniak media and Croatian correspondents in BH, points out the party remains dedicated to the Dayton peace accord and the Constitution, and to everything leading to the reintegration of BH. The SDA will fully contribute to the return process, to Travnik as well as to the Central Bosnia Canton, the statement points out. "We call on all residents to assist and support us in these attempts through their patience, work and reason, so that we may persevere in this commitment. Of competent state authorities we expect to carry out an investigation in relation to the event in Bukovica, and to inform the public about it", the statement by Travnik's SDA concluded. (hina) ha 311415 MET aug 97