BILDT: ELECTIONS IN BOSNIA MUST BE SCHEDULED AS PLANNED

FLORENCE, June 13 (Hina) - Elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina must be scheduled as planned, High Commissioner for the Application of the Civil Part of the Dayton Agreement, Carl Bildt, told a Ministerial Conference on the Implementation of the Dayton Agreement in Florence, Italy, on Thursday. Bildt said that the scheduling of the elections was important in order to establish public institutions which would connect Bosnian Croats, Moslems and Serbs in a joint state. He also warned that a delay of the elections would increase the danger of a division of Bosnia-Herzegovina and that it would make the implementation of the peace process more difficult. Bildt warned that there were forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina working on a division along ethnic lines. "After six months the forces of ethnic division are stronger than the forces of ethnic integration", Bildt said. "From here in Florence we must send a strong message that we cannot tolerate such trends because the reconstruction of Bosnia- Herzegovina means a lot more than only the reconstruction of factories", Bildt concluded. (hina) ha jn 131943 MET jun 96