IZETBEGOVIC REJECTS CROATIA'S PROPOSAL FOR SPECIAL RELATIONS ( Editorial: --> 9778 )

( Editorial: --> 9778 ) SARAJEVO, Nov 10 (Hina) - Bosnian Presidency chairman Alija Izetbegovic has rejected Croatia's draft agreements on the establishment of special relations between Croatia and the Bosnian Croat-Moslem Federation and on the establishment of a council for cooperation between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Bosnian news agency BH Press reported on Monday. The agency said that Izetbegovic had prepared a message for Croatian President Franjo Tudjman rejecting the proposed agreements as "being in contravention of the Dayton agreement and the integrity and sovereignty of Bosnia-Herzegovina." Izetbegovic reaffirmed the readiness of Bosnia-Herzegovina for "any form of cooperation with the Republic of Croatia on the basis of equality." B-H Press said that Bosnia-Herzegovina would present to Zagreb its draft agreements on cooperation between the two countries and demand resumption of talks on the seaport of Ploce. (hina) jn mš 102142 MET nov 97