PARIS SUMMIT CONFIRMS BOSNIA'S STATEHOOD, IZETBEGOVIC SAYS

SARAJEVO, Oct 4 (Hina) - President of Bosnia-Herzegovina's Presidency Alija Izetbegovic, Friday said the Paris meeting with Serbia's President Milosevic helped achieve three currently most important goals to Bosnia-Herzegovina. "Besides establishing diplomatic relations, we also got the clear confirmation of Bosnia-Herzegovina's statehood and the confirmation of its (eastern) border alongside the Drina river," Izetbegovic told a press conference on the eve of Saturday's inauguration of Bosnia-Herzegovina's newly-elected Presidency and Parliament. At the Paris summit Milosevic exerted no pressure on Bosnia to withdraw the aggression charges against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro), filed to the International Justice Tribunal, he added. Recalling that judicial proceedings and court trial could take about ten years, Izetbegovic said Belgrade had enough time until July 1997 to answer the charges. "Then we will see whether we derive more benefit from further open cooperation with Serbia or from abidance by the charges," he said. (hina) jn mš 042203 MET oct 96