U.S. SUPPORTS BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA'S INTEGRITY

CLEVELAND, Jan 13 (Hina) - In the framework of the White House Conference on Trade and Investment in Central and Eastern Europe, American Croat leaders yesterday met US Trade Minister Ron Brown and Secretary of State Assistant Richard Holbrook. Brown said the US would help newly established democracies to be granted loans from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund stressing that the US had certain influence over these institutions. Holbrook confirmed the US stand toward the integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina saying that the US support of the Contact Group Plan and the dividing Bosnia could mean de stabilization of a whole region. US President Clinton today is to address the Conference and is expected to meet ethnic group leaders afterwards. (hina) mm vr 131217 MET jan 95