BOSNIAN MUSLIMS SERBS & CROATS HOLD DIFFERENT VIEWS OF DAYTON

( Editorial: --> 7088 ) BONN, Dec 9 (Hina) - Representatives of Bosnian Serbs, Croats and Muslims continued to advocate considerably opposing views regarding Bosnia-Herzegovina according to the Dayton peace agreement. The representatives of Bosnia's three peoples are attending a session of the Council for the Implementation of the Dayton Agreement in Bonn. There continues to be a fundamental difference in the conception of a Dayton-style Bosnia, especially between Serbs and Muslims. Serbs insist on the rights of the entities, while Muslims insist on a stronger role of the central state of Bosnia-Herzegovina. According to Bosnian Presidency chairman Alija Izetbegovic, the Bosnian Serb Republic does not recognise Bosnia-Herzegovina which, he said, was the root of all of Bosnia's problems and the reason why its institutions were blocked. Izetbegovic demanded that the constitutions of Bosnia's two entities, the Croat-Moslem Federation and the Serb Republic, be adjusted to the constitution of Bosnia-Herzegovina. All three peoples must be constituent in both entities, he said. According to Bosnian Presidency member Momcilo Krajisnik, a Serb, part of the international community insisted on an increased centralisation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and tried to merge the three peoples into one which, he said, could cause problems and conflicts. In Bosnia, an attempt is being made to revise the Dayton agreement by transferring certain authorities from the entities to the central government, Krajisnik said, adding this referred to the judiciary, education and license plates. Presidency member Kresimir Zubak, a Croat, also warned about the danger of believing that "a bigger unitarisation of Bosnia leads to its survival", as advocated by some international representatives. Zubak believed the international community had set off with wrong priorities in its work. They should have established joint institutions of Bosnia first, since old structures held by one party still existed at the central level, he said. It was a known fact that throughout the conflict, and until recently, for the international community Muslims (Bosniaks) represented Bosnia-Herzegovina as a whole. The international High Representative for Bosnia, Carlos Westendorp, said the peace process was at a dead end in many fields, especially due to problems in the establishment of joint Bosnian institutions. Westendorp believed that those who, more or less openly, supported separation from or unification with neighbouring countries, were trying to obstruct, postpone or minimize the process of establishing joint institutions. At the other end were those who, feeling nostalgic for the pre-war situation, refused to accept the new reality brought on by the Dayton agreement, the High Representative said, adding they were desperately holding on to and dominating old structures. Both parties were equally wrong and equally dangerous for the peace process, he said. Zubak warned about organised crime in central Bosnia. Croats and Catholic churches had been the most recent victims, he said. Speaking about the return of refugees to Bosnia, Izetbegovic advocated a return to areas where refugees represented a minority. The return of Serbs who had left Croatia and were currently in the Bosnian Serb entity had to be ensured, the Bosnian Presidency chairman said. This would lead to the return of Moslem and Croat refugees to the Bosnian Serb Republic, he added. Krajisnik suggested that the refugees' return to Bosnia be based on reciprocity between the two entities. Izetbegovic supported, while Krajisnik objected to, stronger authority on the part of the High Representative in Bosnia. The president of the Bosnian Serb Republic, Biljana Plavsic, also attended the Bonn conference. The international community believes she is more cooperative than Krajisnik, considered a hardliner. Plavsic and Krajisnik refused to be accommodated at the Maritin Hotel in Koenigswinter near Bonn, where all delegations are accommodated. (hina) ha jn 091921 MET dec 97