IFOR GROUND TROOPS COMMANDER VISITS MOSTAR

MOSTAR, Jan 11 (Hina) - The commander of IFOR ground troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Gen. Michael Walker, visited IFOR troops in the southern town of Mostar on Thursday. Walker also met the European Union adminstrator of Mostar, Hans Koschnik, for talks on the situation in the area. Walker told reporters that the NATO-led Implementation Force must concentrate only on the implementation of military provisions of the Dayton peace agreement. He stressed that problems must be resolved by political leaderships while IFOR must focus its efforts on the zone of separation between Bosnia-Herzegovina's two entities - the Moslem-Croat federation and the Serb republic. Commenting on recently increased tensions between the town's Moslem and Croat communities, Walker said that IFOR could not ignore events not envisaged by the peace agreement. Koschnik said that "we have to overcome difficulties together." (hina) vm 111755 MET jan 96