CROATS IN SARAJEVO CONDEMN EU ATTITUDE TO MOSTAR

SARAJEVO, July 29 (Hina) - The Sarajevo City Committee of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) on Monday condemned the European Union's attitude in the solving of the Mostar situation, pointing out that in crisis situations the international community had dual criteria, one for Croats and other for Bosniacs-Muslims. We severely protest against the inappropriate political discourse and threatening statements by Mr Michael Steiner at yesterday's press conference as regards the situation in Mostar, a HDZ BiH statement said. At the same time the international community quietly ignored the situation in Sarajevo where "a one-nation canton has been illegally established. Ethnic cleansing is being performed in Sarajevo before the eyes of the world, but it does not impress anyone, and neither does a demand of ten thousand Croats who want to return to Sarajevo and their apartments", the statement said. Instead of condemning the numerous proved irregularities and frauds around the Mostar elections and voting, Croats were being forced to accept electoral frauds. In this regard, even the Republic of Croatia was being blackmailed, the statement said. The statement ended with an appeal to the international community to "allow not the disappearance of Croats from their thousand-year-old areas in Bosnia-Herzegovina, neither to impose upon them the position of a subject people." (hina) ha mm 291926 MET jul 96