BOSNIAN PRESIDENT WRITES TO U.S. SENATORS

SARAJEVO, March 26 (Hina) - Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic on Tuesday sent a letter to United States senators Bob Dole and Joseph Lieberman in reply to their letter on the presence of Islamic volunteer fighters in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its military relations with Iran. "It is true that at two locations there are 50 to 60 members of the 'El Mujahid' unit who are now civilians because their unit was disbanded in early January. It would be against the morality of our people to expel the people who have fought on our side and have nowhere to go because they cannot return to their countries," Izetbegovic wrote. Dole and Lieberman had demanded in their letter that Bosnia- Herzegovina discontinue military cooperation with Iran. Izetbegovic called on the two senators and a Republican Party delegation to visit Sarajevo to see for themselves that the Bosnian authorities remained committed to universal values. Izetbegovic's letter was published on the front page of the Sarajevo-based daily "Oslobodjenje". (hina) vm jn 261525 MET mar 96