CLINTON ADDRESSES U.S. SOLDIERS IN TUZLA

( Editorial: --> 0404 ) TUZLA, Dec 22 (Hina) - U.S. President Bill Clinton on Monday evening addressed U.S. soldiers situated in Stabilisation Force base Eagle near Tuzla, northern Bosnia-Herzegovina. I have come to Bosnia for two reasons, the U.S. President said, to see you and thank you for all you have done so far in keeping peace in this war-ravaged country, and to discuss the Dayton peace agreement with Bosnian leaders. President Clinton said he had seen many suffering people and children in Sarajevo earlier today who begged him to make U.S. troops stay in Bosnia-Herzegovina. If U.S. troops had not come, the war would still be on in Bosnia, Clinton said. He recalled the positive role of the Bosnian municipal election and the democratisation, albeit incomplete, of the media which, President Clinton said, no longer talk about other national communities with as much hatred as before. (hina) ha mm 222037 MET dec 97