KORNBLUM, BILDT CONDEMN SERB REFUSAL TO ATTEND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA

REPRESENTA $ TIVES INAUGURAL SESSION SARAJEVO, 5 Oct (Hina) - Aide to the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kornblum and international peace mediator in Bosnia, Carl Bildt, on Saturday condemned the decision of Bosnian Serb representatives not to participate in the inaugural session of the newly-elected House of Representatives. #L# The impression the Serb representatives left by not coming to the session was very negative, Kornblum said. He said that he was familiar with reasons Serb representatives had given for not attending the session, but added that security reasons alone were not acceptable. 'The future of people who live in the Serb entity depends on the full implementation of the Dayton agreement', Kornblum said. Carl Bildt also stressed that security reasons were not the real explanation for the failure of Serb representatives to appear at the session. The behaviour of Serb representatives would be most detrimental to the Serb people, Bildt said, adding that one had to wait a couple of days and see whether Pale authorities wanted to cooperate. (hina) rm 052118 MET oct 96