SAMARANCH LEAVES SPLIT FOR NORWAY

SPLIT, Feb 16 (Hina) - Upon arrival at Split airport from a seven- hour visit to Sarajevo Wednesday, International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch told reporters he had met with Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic and Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic. He said he thought they were "ready to support the Olympic truce as they have agreed to release some of the detainees, mainly Croats, from their prisons." Before leaving Sarajevo, Samaranch and his associates met with UN commanders in Bosnia Michael Rose and Jean Cot. Samaranch said the meeting at Sarajevo airport was "useful." "Today I have been most impressed by Zetra. I stood on the same place from which I closed the Sarajevo Olympics ten years ago, only instead of glitter and joy now there are ruins and sorrow everywhere," said the president of the International Olympic Committee. Following the two-day visit to Split and Sarajevo, Samaranch and his associates returned to Norway this evening. 162102 MET feb 94