U.S. SENATORS MEET BOSNIAN PRESIDENT IN SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, April 6 (Hina) - A US Senate delegation led by Senate Democratic minority leader Thomas Daschle said during a visit to Sarajevo on Saturday that the tragic death of US Commerce Secretary of Ronald Brown would not affect the implementation of the Dayton peace agreement and Washington's relations with Bosnia-Herzegovina. The delegation, including Senators Orrin Hatch and Harry Reid, was received by Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic who offered them his condolences on the deaths of Brown and 32 other Americans in a plane crash near the southern Croatian coastal town of Dubrovnik on Wednesday. Izetbegovic said that the people who had died in the crash had been good friends of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Izetbegovic's office said in a statement that the talks also focused on the implementation of the peace agreement and the state of human rights and freedoms in Bosnia-Herzegovina. (hina) vm 061953 MET apr 96