IZETBEGOVIC SUPPORTS FEDERATION ARMED FORCES BILL

SARAJEVO, April 25 (Hina) - Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic on Thursday supported a bill on establishing the armed forces of the Bosnian Moslem-Croat Federation, Sarajevo television said. The television said that the federal armed forces law should be based on the principles of "full integrity of military forces within the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and possibly of the whole country. "Military forces cannot be formed or identified on the basis of ethnic or relgious origins," the source added. (hina) vm mm 252239 MET apr 96