AKASHI TO VISIT CENTRAL BOSNIA

ZAGREB, Feb 7 (Hina) - UN special envoy Yasushi Akashi is to visit today the central Bosnian towns of Gornji Vakuf, Vitez and Zenica, UNPROFOR spokesman Paul Risley told a press conference in Zagreb. During his tour of central Bosnia, Akashi will meet the mayor of Vitez to discuss progress in repairs on the water supply system and other UN activities in the area. Akashi will spend the night in Zenica and will leave for Mostar tomorrow to meet EU Administrator Hans Koschnik. He will also meet the mayors of the eastern and western sectors of the town, Risley said. The UNPROFOR commander for Bosnia-Herzegovina, General Rupert Smith, is to leave for Naples today to meet NATO's commander for South Europe, Admiral Leighton Smith. They will discuss NATO's air operations in Bosnia, Risley said. The UNPROFOR commander for former Yugoslavia, General Bertrand de Lapresle, is to meet senior Finish military officials in Zagreb today. They will pay respects to a Finish UN military observer who was killed last Friday near Gorazde, eastern Bosnia. (Hina) rv vm 071439 MET feb 95