ITALIAN DIPLOMATS IN MOSTAR

MOSTAR, May 3 (Hina) - Two EU envoys, Italian diplomats Luigi Vittorio Feraris and Alfredo Matacotta, arrived in Mostar on Friday to discuss the elections with the two Mostar Mayors and the members of the polling commission. They are to report to the European Union Presidency on the progress of preparations for local elections in Mostar, scheduled for May 31. "The EU regards elections in Mostar as a step toward normalising life in the whole of Bosnia and reconstructing Bosnia and Mostar," Feraris said said after meeting the western Mostar Mayor Mijo Brajkovic and his eastern colleague Safet Orucevic. He said he had been informed of the difficulties arising in connection with the elctions. "They will be resolved," he said briefly. Mayor Brajkovic said the Croatian side insisted that elections must be held by May 31 as was stipulated in the Dayton Agreement. On the other hand, the Moslem side demanded that displaced Mostar citizens be given the opportunity to vote in the countries that accepted them, Orucevic said. (hina) as 032138 MET may 96