CROATIAN PRESIDENT HOLDS BILATERAL TALKS IN ROME

ROME, Feb 18 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman held bilateral talks with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic in Rome on Saturday night as part a two-day summit on the implementation of the Dayton peace accords in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Tudjman and Izetbegovic discussed issues related to the functioning of the Croat-Moslem federation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, including cantonal boundaries, return of refugees, political and religious freedoms, and the problem of Mostar. The summit was taking place in the Italian Foreign Ministry and it also involved representatives of the Contact Group member states, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and NATO. It was opened by Italian Foreign Minister Susanna Agnelli. After the plenary session, the second part of which was held behind closed doors, President Tudjman met representatives of the European Union. Tudjman would again meet Izetbegovic on Sunday morning and was later also expected to be received by Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. The Croat and Moslem mayors of Mostar, Mijo Brajkovic and Safet Orucevic, and Mostar's EU administrator, Hans Koschnik, had been invited to the summit by US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke and were expected in Rome on Sunday. (hina) vm 181035 MET feb 96