OWEN, STOLTENBERG ARRIVE IN GENEVA AHEAD OF PEACE TALKS

GENEVA, Jan 17 (Hina) - Co-chairmen of the International Peace Conference on Former Yugoslavia Lord David Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg have returned to Geneva from Athens, where they held the first meeting with the Greek leadership since Greece took over the rotating presidency of the European Community. Immediately upon arrival, the co-chairmen met with foreign ministers of the countries members of the Islamic Conference contact group for Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) held a session on Bosnia-Herzegovina on Sunday and Monday. Following the meeting with Owen and Stoltenberg, OIC representatives met with the Russian President's special envoy for former Yugoslavia, Vitaly Churkin. Before the meeting, Churkin noted that Russia had voted for the resolution allowing the use of force in Bosnia-Herzegovina, adding that Russia would, if need arose, support a military action. OIC foreign ministers met on Monday with UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, expressing their discontent with the UN policy in Bosnia-Herzegovina. According to the Conference's spokesman, John Mills, the co- chairmen will meet with Boutros-Ghali later in the afternoon. The Secretary-General is also meeting with senior UN officials to discuss possible air strikes in Bosnia-Herzegovina. 171758 MET jan 94