HERZEG-BOSNIAN DELEGATES VISIT SWITZERLAND

LUCERNE, Feb 4 (Hina) - The leader of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dario Kordic, along with his associates, paid a three-day visit to Switzerland at an invitation by the Croatian World Congress' committee for reconstruction and investment and the Croatian Democratic Union of Switzerland. The delegation of Herzeg-Bosnia included the speaker of the Herzeg-Bosnian parliament, Ivan Bender, the deputy head of the HDZ of Bosnia and the manager of the HABENA news agency, Bozo Raic, and a member of Bosnia's HDZ Presidency, Stjepo Pranjic. On Saturday the delegation met Croatian businessmen and members of the Committee for Reconstruction and Investment, led by Zelimir Belamaric, at Hargiswill near Lucerne. The Herzeg-Bosnian delegates informed Swiss Croats of the political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and relations between Croatian and Bosniac (Moslem) peoples. They told them also about the country's potentials for development. At the end of the talks focused on economic issues a panel headlined "Croats in Herzeg-Bosnia) was held in this Swiss town. Croatia's Ambassador in Switzerland, Zdenko Skrabalo, attended the panel and emphasized an enormous importance of the unity between all Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina in these historic times. The Herzeg-Bosnian delegates stressed the efforts to protect the Croatian interest in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Speaking of the problems in establishing the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina Kordic said the authorities of Herzeg-Bosnia would not give up the implementation of the Washington Accords. In Buchs the Herzeg-Bosnian delegates Friday met members of the HDZ and other Croats who lived for decades in eastern Switzerland. (hina) mms 042135 MET feb 95