MOSTAR MAYOR RECEIVES HEAD OF OSCE REGIONAL OFFICE AND TURKISH CON

CON $ SUL GENERAL MOSTAR, 21 Aug (Hina) - Mostar Mayor Ivan Prskalo on Wednesday held separate meetings with the head of the Regional Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, General Wolfgang Odendahl and Turkish consul general in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Murat Adali. #L# The talks with General Odendahl had focused on the implementation of the September general elections in Mostar, Prskalo said, adding that it had been agreed that six election commissions be formed in six Mostar municipalities. Western and eastern Mostar police would be in charge of security during the elections, and IFOR would assist only in case its support proved necessary, Prskalo said. On 14 August, the voters would vote for the bodies of the Neretva Canton, Council of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Council of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Odendahl said. Turkish consul general Murat Adali said that the talks with Mayor Prskalo had tackled 'all questions which are important for Mostar'. Adali conveyed his government's support for the Mostar mayor. (hina) rm 211435 MET aug 96