CIVIL IMPLEMENTATION OF BOSNIA PEACE DEAL WILL TAKE TIME, U.S. OFF

OFF $ ICIAL SAYS ZAGREB, Jan 8 (Hina) - The U.S. President's special advisor and state secretary in charge of the implementation of the Bosnia peace agreement, Robert Gallucci, met with Croatia's Vice Premier Ivica Kostovic in Zagreb on Monday. At a press conference after the meeting, the U.S. official warned that details in the implementation of the Bosnia peace agreement would take a lot of time, especially those referring to the civil part of the agreement. #L# Anyone familiar with the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina would like that everything happened faster, Gallucci said, adding he sympathized with people in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but held it was not surprising that the implementation of many details would take more time. People in charge of the implementation of the civil part of the peace deal were asked to give their best and work as fast as possible, Gallucci said. The recruitment of the International Police Task Force (IPTF) for Bosnia-Herzegovina was under way, Gallucci said. The implementation of the agreement in eastern Slavonia and the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, especially the developments in Mostar were central topics of today's meeting between the U.S. official and Croatian vice premier Kostovic. 'We both agreed that it was very important to support the Federation and to work on it', Gallucci said. Vice premier Kostovic said he had stressed the most important questions in the solution of the problem of the Croatian Danube river valley. 'The problem of missing persons and the problem of deadlines for the implementation of the agreement have to be solved effectively. Only then will the Croatian public, the Parliament and President Tudjman believe in the effectiveness of the implementation of the peace agreement, Kostovic said. (hina) rm 081838 MET jan 96