GERMAN PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT MOSTAR

MOSTAR, March 9 (Hina/HABENA) - The Mayor of the western part of Mostar, Mijo Brajkovic, today received a delegation of the German Bundestag Green Party which was headed by the party's president Kerstin Mueller. The delegation also met with EU Administrator of Mostar Hans Koschnik. The talks focused on recent events in Mostar and the situation in the city following the Rome agreement on the new organisation of Mostar. The German delegation was also interested in the return of refugees, the Herzeg-Bosnian news agency Habena reported. #L# Mayor Brajkovic said that the meeting was very important because the German parliamentarians had heard the Croat opinion on recent events in the city. As regards the return of refugees to Mostar, 'that problem cannot be discussed separately from the situation in the whole of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina', Brajkovic said. There are 400,000 Bosnian refugees in Germany currently. Kerstin Mueller expressed regret because of recent events in the city, adding that she 'came to talk with Mayor Brajkovic in order to get an insight into the local situation'. The situation in Mostar was the key for the whole region and Europe, Mueller said, adding she hoped that the situation in the city would improve and that the Dayton agreements would result in 'a just peace'. The Green party would intercede with the Bundestag to help the region and Mostar, Mueller said. The German parliamentarians will also visit Jajce, Bugojno and Sarajevo, the report said. (hina) rm 091928 MET mar 96