CASADO HOLDS TALKS WITH IZETBEGOVIC ABOUT MOSTAR ELECTIONS

SARAJEVO, May 22 (Hina) - EU Administrator of Mostar Ricardo Perez Casado on Wednesday held talks with the President of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina Alija Izetbegovic about elections in Mostar. Present at the meeting was also the Italian Ambassador to Bosnia, Vittorio Penerola, as representative of the country which is presiding over the European Union. The Sarajevo radio emitted news that Izetbegovic and Casado had talked about the request of Moslem parties to postpone the Mostar elections, but a statement from Izetbegovic's Office said that the talks had focused only on the organization of the elections scheduled for May 31. After the talks, Casado told reporters that the talks had been very constructive, confirming that they had mostly focused on the elections. He announced that he would discuss the same issue with the Croatian President Franjo Tudjman in Zagreb on Thursday. (hina) lm jn 221643 MET may 96