PRLIC COMMENTS ON MILITARY SITUATION, THE HAGUE ACCUSATIONS

MOSTAR, May 10 (Hina) - Bosnian Federation Minister of Defence, Jadranko Prlic, told a press conference today that the Joint Command of Bosnian Army and of Croatian Defence Council (HVO) would be moved from Sarajevo to Novi Travnik, central Bosnia, within a few days. The coordination between Bosnian army and HVO has been significantly increased lately, Prlic said, adding that his government was preparing several versions of the Federal Armed Forces Act. The act would verify the army as a two-pronged structure, "which had already been approved by Bosniac-Muslim side", Prlic stressed. Commenting on the military developments Prlic said the most intensive fighting was going on at northern Orasje-Samac line. Fierce clashes were reported on Mt. Treskavica, south of Sarajevo, where "the situation was unclear." Prlic admitted that Bosnian Serbs had retaken their positions recently lost on the Mt. Majevica, east of Tuzla. Asked about the recent International War Crime Tribunal's intentions to prosecute some Bosnian Croats, alleged war criminals, Prlic (who was also filling the post of the Prime Minister in Herzeg-Bosnia, part of Bosnia-Herzegovina under HVO control) replied that the Croat side had also informed the Tribunal on crimes committed over Croat civilians. "We are about to forward some 2,000 pieces of evidence to The Hague in a couple of days," Prlic said. Prlic expressed his view that Tribunal's action was not jeopardizing Bosnian Federation project, saying a joint Bosniac- Croat program for the return of the refugees would be completed within next two months. (Hina) bk 101624 MET may 95