CROATIA'S DEFENCE MINISTER MEETS E.U. ADMINISTRATOR IN MOSTAR

MOSTAR, Jan 11 (Hina) - Croatia's Defence Minister Gojko Susak on Thursday met for talks with the European Union administrator of Mostar, Hans Koschnik. Also attending was the mayor of Croat-held west Mostar, Mijo Brajkovic. Susak told reporters after the meeting that he had come to Mostar because of the situation in the town and because Croatia had co-signed the Dayton peace agreement and had witnessed the signing of a local agreement on Mostar. Susak said that "Croatia will get involved a little more directly in maintaining law and order in the western and possibly in the eastern part of Mostar as well." Recalling that the mayor of Moslem-held east Mostar, Safet Orucevic, had expressed a wish for Croatian police forces to be deployed in Mostar, he said that Croatia was willing to do it. "President Tudjman has authorized me to tell Koschnik that we will send our police if necessary," Susak said, adding that "at the moment it is not necessary to deploy more police forces in Mostar." If Croatian police were to be deployed in Mostar, they would be placed under international command as was the case in the Velika Kladusa area of northwestern Bosnia, he added. Susak said he hoped progress in restoring law and order to Mostar would be seen in the next two weeks. He said he believed that by establishing six districts in Mostar 80 percent of the town's problems would be solved. (hina) vm 112114 MET jan 96