KOMSIC'S PRESS-CONFERENCE IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, Feb 17 (Hina) - At today's press-conference in Zagreb Dr Ivo Komsic, a member of the B-H Presidency and the Chairman of the Croatian National Assembly of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the executive body elected at the Sarajevo Congress of Croats (6th of February 1994) said that "the peace plan adopted at the Sarajevo Congress of Croats of Bosnia-Herzegovina is grounded on the principle of preservation of entire Bosnia-Herzegovina within its internationally recognized borders. The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina could be immediately stopped by accepting that plan." Dr Ivo Komsic stressed that "The Croatian National Assembly (HNV) of Bosnia-Herzegovina need not be regarded as a counterbalance to Herceg-Bosna," adding that "we have only reasserted the will of the Croatian people already expressed at the referendum of 1992." Komsic also told journalists that the talks with representatives of the Croatian Republic of Herceg-Bosna, commenced in Geneva, were being resumed in Zagreb. "I am optimist," said Komsic commenting on those talks. Asked whether that plan enjoyed the support of both the B-H Presidency and Parliament he answered that the Presidency and Parliament of Bosnia-Herzegovina had accepted that plan as one of the variants that might be discussed in Geneva. Komsic added that at the session of the B-H Parliament (on the 7th of February 1994) behind the closed doors "it was for the first time proposed by the Moslem side on the partition of B-H and the establishment of the Moslem state in the central Bosnia- Herzegovina." "I suppose it is a proposal made by the radical wing of the (Moslem-led) Party of the Democrat Action (SDA) and it should be kept in mind that it has its advocates," said Komsic at today's press-conference in Zagreb. 171648 MET feb 94