PRLIC, TOMIC CONDEMN INCIDENT IN WESTERN MOSTAR

MOSTAR, Sept 20 (Hina) - The co-president of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Neven Tomic, and Bosnian Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic, on Saturday issued a statement in relation to a terrorist attack which occurred in western, Croat- held, Mostar, late Thursday evening, calling it "another attempt aimed at destabilizing the peace process in BH and the degree reached in the normalization of relations in Mostar", Bosnian Croat news agency Habena reported. The fact that there were attempts to tendentiously and without any investigative arguments link the Croat side with the initiators and perpetrators of the incident caused concern, Tomic and Prlic pointed out in the statement. "It is of particular significance that such identical standpoints were publicly being made by the highest Bosniak officials in BH", the said. These statements lacking in argument might only have a negative effect on the overall positive processes in BH, Tomic and Prlic said in their statement, especially on the relations between Bosniaks and Croats, the implementation of the peace agreement, and on the results of the recently held municipal election. (hina) ha 201715 MET sep 97