MILUTINOVIC-KRAJISNIK AGREEMENT IN LINE WITH BOSNIAN CONSTITUTION - SCHUMACHER

- SCHUMACHER ( Editorial: --> 8113 ) SARAJEVO, 13 Dec (Hina) - The agreement on dual citizenship for Bosnian Serbs and Montenegrins is in line with the Constitution of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Deputy High Representative in Bosnia- Herzegovina Hans Schumacher said on Saturday, welcoming the agreement on dual citizenship, signed on Saturday by the Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic and the Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency, Momcilo Krajisnik. The agreement would have to be formally approved by the Bosnian Presidency, Schumacher added. The agreement is in line with the Dayton agreement and the Constitution of Bosnia-Herzegovina and its signing is a good sign, Schumacher told Hina. Citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina have the right to dual citizenship. The most important obstacle in the case of Bosnian Serbs was Belgrade because Yugoslav laws did not provide for the possibility of dual citizenship, Schumacher said. Now that the agreement has been signed, I expect that the law on citizenship of Bosnia-Herzegovina will be adopted without new obstacles at the Parliament session expected to take place on Monday, Schumacher said. Up to now, Bosnian Serb representatives refused to discuss the law on citizenship of Bosnia-Herzegovina, demanding that they be guaranteed the possibility to have Yugoslav citizenship as well. Schumacher said that Krajisnik acted as a member of the Bosnian Presidency and that the same body had to approve the agreement, which was signed in Belgrade today. (hina) rm 131725 MET dec 97