"JOINT ACTION" AGREEMENT SIGNED IN MOSTAR

MOSTAR, August 6 (Hina) - An agreement on the coming into effect of the European Union Council's project for Mostar, "Joint Action", demanding the establishment of city administration in the city, was signed a little after 2 p.m. Tuesday, EU spokesman in Mostar Dragan Gasic told a special press conference. The agreement was signed by Western Mostar Mayor Mijo Brajkovic on the Croat side and Eastern Mostar Mayor Safet Orucevic on the Bosniac side in the presence of special EU envoy in Mostar Martin Garrot. "The European Union is staying in Mostar under the mission of the special envoy not longer than 31 December this year. During this time it will help establish and stabilize the new city administration and its undertaking of all responsibilities for the fate of this city", Garrot said. "Even though the final deadline for this agreement has expired and a legal mechanism for the withdrawal of the EU from Mostar has been set in motion, I believe that the Presidency of the EU and its member-states will nevertheless accept the agreement on "Joint Action" signed today", Garrot said. (hina) ha 061616 MET aug 96