ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN U.S. AND CROATIA, BOSNIA WON'T BE AFFECTED

AFFECTED $ DUBROVNIK, April 6 (Hina) - Economic relations between the United States and Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina will not be affected by the deaths of US Commerce Secretary and his delegation in a plane crash near Dubrovnik, the US president's special envoy Lauri Fitz Pegado said on Saturday. I believe President Clinton and Secretary Brown, and everyone else, want us to continue our job in full force, Pegado told reporters at Dubrovnik airport before the the remains of victims were to be flown to the US. Our goals in this region - the reconstruction of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, peace and commercial diplomacy - will not be lost but strengthened by this tragedy, she said. We will carry on this job and open an office in Sarajevo which will serve the region. We will continue to promote what is important for stability, peace and development, Pegado said. (hina) vm 061706 MET apr 96