BILDT VISITS BRCKO AREA

ORASJE, Feb 29 (Hina) - The high representative of the international community for civilian aspects of the Dayton peace agreement, Carl Bildt, on Thursday visited three newly- established municipalities in the Brcko area of northeastern Bosnia. Bildt told reporters that the purpose of his visit was to get acquainted with problems related to arbitration for the Sava river town of Brcko and to hear views of the authorities of the three municipalities on the implementation of the peace agreement. He conducted separate talks with Mijo Anic of Ravne municipality, Munib Jusufovic of Brcko muncipality and Miodrag Pajic of the Serb-held part of Brcko municipality. Bildt said that the area required a lot of cooperation between the two entities of Bosnia-Herzegovina - the Croat-Moslem federation and the "Serb Republic". Speaking of arbitration for Brcko, he said that the arbitration commission would consist of three members - one each from the federation, the Serb entity and the international community - who would try to find a joint solution. The arbitration process would begin in June and the matter would have to be resolved by the end of this year, Bildt said, recalling that both entities had agreed to international arbitration. The solution would be based on principles of the international peace plan and the arbitration process would be in line with international law, he said. (hina) vm 292334 MET feb 96