CROATIAN AMBASSADOR PROTESTS TO OSCE MISSION CHIEF

SARAJEVO, Sept 9 (Hina) - Croatian ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Darinko Bago expressed sharp protest to OSCE mission chief Robert Frowick on Tuesday over an article published in the Sarajevo magazine "Dani", based on documents from the OSCE regional office in Mostar. The article, headlined "Federal policies and Croatian elements responsible for subversive activities in southwestern Herzegovina," portrayed senior Croatian government officials "in an untrue, distorted and insulting manner," a statement from the Croatian Embassy said. It added that the article "can be interpreted in no other way than yet another effort to stir up dissent and divisions among the Croatian people ahead of municipal elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina." The statement said that Frowick had expressed regrets that false and insulting information had been published about senior government officials of the Republic of Croatia and representatives of the Croatian people in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Frowick stressed that the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was not behind that information and pledged that he would persist in identifying those responsible for that event, the statement concluded. (hina) vm 091933 MET sep 97