BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY OFFICE STRONGLY CONDEMNS ASSAULT ON STEINER

SARAJEVO, Nov 27 (Hina) - The office of Bosnian Presidency President Alija Izetbegovic, on Wednesday strongly condemned yesterday's attack on the international High Representative's deputy, Michael Steiner. The office issued a statement saying that "yesterday's attack deserves to be most strongly condemned, and this incident is aggravated by the fact that the attack was aimed against a man who has not only sincerely advocated solutions of problems but also made personal efforts to settle them." "The revolt of refugees is understandable, but physical abuse and destruction cannot be justified in any way," the statement said. It noted that organizers of the protest rally, staged in the Sarajevo downtown on Tuesday, failed to take care of behaviour of people they called to participate in the rally, and that's why the responsibility lay with the organizers. "Big words and playing on people's emotions can resolve nothing. On the contrary, they can aggravate the settlement of burdensome and complex problems," the statement said at the end. (hina) jn mš 272051 MET nov 96