U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY MEETS BOSNIAN OFFICIALS IN SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, July 12 (Hina) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor, who is heading a delegation of 18 U.S. government agencies on a visit to Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, met in Sarajevo on Friday with Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic and Bosnian Federation President Kresimir Zubak. U.S. and Bosnian officials signed an agreement on investment stimulation and memorandums on tranining flight controllers and investment in big infrastructure projects. The two sides also agreed to repair the railway line linking Sarajevo to the southern Croatian Adriatic port of Ploce. Kantor told a news conference that each of the projects should be seen as U.S. determination to implement the peace agreement in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as humanitarian aid and as the strenghtening of trade relations between the two countries. Zubak said he had told Kantor that Federation officials should be included to a greater extent in future talks. Bosnian Prime Minister Hasan Muratovic said that by signing the agreements, the US showed its resoluteness to implement the Dayton peace accords. (hina) vm jn 121814 MET jul 96