BOSNIAN FEDERATION IS STRONGER THAN IT SEEMS - BILDT'S OFFICE

SARAJEVO, April 27 (Hina) - The meeting in Petersberg is a new incentive to the Croat-Moslem Federation, spokesman of the Office of the high commissioner for the implementation of the peace agreement, Colum Murphy, said in Sarajevo on Saturday. #L# Participating at the meeting on the Bosnian Federation, organized by the German Foreign Ministry on April 25 in Petersberg, were the federal partners - Bosnian Croats and Moslems, Croatian representatives, representatives of international organizations active in Bosnia and representatives of the World Bank. "We know that the Federation is not perfect, but the important thing is that both Croat and Moslem representatives once again confirmed their commitment to it, more than it seems at times," Murphy said. The last talks at the highest level had confirmed that the Federation had a future despite obstacles, Murphy said. He stressed that Carl Bildt's Office holds very important a statement concerning the protection of human rights, and by which both sides confirmed their loyalty to the idea of multiethniticity, despite problems with Herzeg-Bosnia. However, the most important had been the speech on the organization of the federal police, Murphy said. (hina) lm jn 271412 MET apr 96