BILDT'S OFFICE SATISFIED WITH MOSTAR ELECTIONS

SARAJEVO, July 1 (Hina) - The elections held in Mostar on Sunday represented an undoubtedly big success for the European Administration and all Mostar inhabitants, but were also an incentive for further implementing the Dayton agreement, Deputy High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement, Michael Steiner, said in Sarajevo on Monday. Steiner said the Mostar elections could represent an important turning-point for the whole Bosnia-Herzegovina, especially since there had been no incidents and the organization was good. He added that the situation had been very good at all polling places and that a lot of refugees had a chance to see their hometown for the first time after three or four years. "On the basis of the Mostar experience I think that, with ensuring some additional conditions, it will be possible to organize and hold elections in all Bosnia-Herzegovina in September", Steiner said. Spokesman for the NATO-led peace implementation force (IFOR), Simon Haselock, said that according to their information, 52 buses with about 1,800 Mostar inhabitants who wanted to take part in the elections had arrived in town on Sunday. Haselock pointed out that in the next days IFOR would try to keep freedom of movement in Mostar on the level achieved during the elections. (hina) ha jn 011407 MET jul 96