BOSNIA'S FUTURE NOT IN CLOSE TIES WITH FUNDAMENTALISTS - MATESA

WASHINGTON, April 11 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa said in Washington on Thursday that Croatia believed that all foreign troops should leave the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina. "Our policy is very clear. We're sure that they (foreign troops) should leave Bosnia," Matesa told a press conference at the National Press Club. Matesa said that the future of Bosnia-Herzegovina was not in relations with fundamentalism. "We don't believe that the future of Bosnia-Herzegovina should be in any close relations with fundamentalist countries such as Iran," he said. Matesa stressed that the United States should play a key role in the program of training and equipping the armed forces of the Bosnian Moslem-Croat Federation. Matesa confirmed Croatia's willingness to cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. He said that he believed that the task of the NATO-led peace Implementation Force (IFOR) was not arresting war crimes suspects. "It's something that has to be done by ourselves," he added. Commenting on the reintegration of the still occupied area of eastern Croatia, Matesa said that he was much more optimistic now than at the beginning of the reintegration process. (hina) vm mm 111923 MET apr 96