CROATIA, BOSNIA SIGN SEVERAL BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, TREATIES

ZAGREB, March 24 (Hina) - Croatian and Bosnian Premiers, Nikica Valentic and Haris Silajdzic, today signed a protocol on two-day bilateral talks and several cooperation agreements and treaties. The two premiers signed agreements on economic and customs cooperation, a treaty on the return of refugees, an agreement cancelling visa requirements and a protocol regulating these matters until the above-listed agreements took effect. Premier Silajdzic described the signing of these agreements as a step forward in promoting the relations between the two countries. It was agreed that agreements on property relations, transport, certain border crossings, legal relations, the Bosnian Federation's access to the Adriatic sea through the Croatian territory, and the implementation of an earlier agreement guaranteeing Croats free passage through Neum, Bosnia, would be drafted before April 25. According to Valentic, these agreements would be signed on May 3, when he and a Croatian government delegation were to visit Sarajevo. (hina) jn as 241932 MET mar 95