VIENNA MEETING URGES TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY TO BOSNIAN FEDERATION

VIENNA, March 15 (Hina) - A meeting to mark the signing of the Washington accords on establishing a Moslem-Croat Federation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, ended in Vienna last night. "In order to strengthen the Bosnian Federation it is necessary to transfer the authority from both the Bosnian Republic government and the government of Herzeg-Bosnia, to Federal bodies," Contact Group representative Michale Steiner said. A realistic option was to preserve Bosnia-Herzegovina as a union of two entities, the Bosnian Federation and the Bosnian Serb entity, he said. US Coordinator for Assistance to the Bosnian Federation, Daniel Sewer, said the international community saw the Federation as a reconstruction of the multiethnic community, adding that the Contact Group peace plan for Bosnia would not be altered. Croatian Foreign Miniser, Mate Granic, said Croatia was the Federation's "first friend." This was the only realistic attitude to Bosnia, which should be supported without reserve, Granic said. (hina) jn as 151137 MET mar 95