U.S. ARBITRATOR VISITS MOSTAR

MOSTAR, Jan 23 (Hina) - The international arbitrator for the Bosnian Federation, US diplomat Roberts Owen, and US State Department special envoy Daniel Serwer on Tuesday visited the southern Bosnian town of Mostar. The US officials held separate talks with the town's EU administrator, Hans Koschnik, and the mayor of Croat-held west Mostar, Mijo Brajkovic. After the meeting, Owen said that he was travelling to Sarajevo and then to Washington, and added that he was awaiting further developments. He declined to respond to reporters' questions. Brajkovic said that Owen presented a map drawn by the Moslem side on the division of Mostar into six districts. "We gave our remarks on the maps," Brajkovic said, adding that Koschnik now had all draft maps. (hina) vm 231659 MET jan 96