WEST MOSTAR MAYOR FEARS EU ACCUSATIONS COULD CAUSE RESENTMENT

MOSTAR, Jan 23 (Hina) - "If Mostar EU Administration officials continue stressing that the Croat side is to be blamed for the failure of implementing EU Administration's decisions, I fear, this will offend people and cause resentment," the mayor of west Mostar (the part of the city controlled by Bosnian Croats), Mijo Brajkovic, told Mostar Radio. Brajkovic said he believed the EU Administration had become "impatient and wanted to speed up the entire process". "Moslems, who will use anything and everything, take advantage of EU accusations against the Croat side," he added. Brajkovic described as questionable the "diplomatic skillfulness and efficacy of certain people in the EU Administration". The Croatian side was not hindering the implementation of the memorandum on understanding, he said. (hina) jn sd mms 231817 MET jan 95