GARROD CALLS ON IZETBEGOVIC, ZUBAK TO HELP NEGOTIATE AGREEMENT ON POWER PLANTS

POWER PLANTS MOSTAR, Nov 22 (Hina) - The European Union special envoy to Mostar, Martin Garrod, has requested of Bosnian Federation President Kresimir Zubak and Vice-President Ejup Ganic assistance in resolving difficulties that have arisen in connection with the reconstruction of Mostar hydro-electric power plants on the Neretva River. The reconstruction of the Neretva power plants was not only a power supply problem but a political problem which ought to be resolved by an agreement at the highest Federal level, Garrod told a Mostar news conference on Friday. He recalled that Croat-Moslem negotiations on these plants had failed last year because the Moslem side had rejected a US$ 12 million offer for their reconstruction. The Moslem side complained that Western Mostar police would every so often storm one of the plants. But Alva Emerson with the International Police said on Friday that the Croat special police squad in western Mostar had stopped wearing special police uniforms and was no longer acting in that capacity. The International Police forces closely cooperated with that squad to assist its integration into the local police. (hina) jn as 221411 MET nov 96