U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY REDMAN IS TO VISIT SARAJEVO

ZAGREB, April 7 (Hina) - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SR SG) for the former Yugoslavia, Yasushi Akashi, held a meeting with the special envoy of the U.S. President for the former Yugoslavia, Charles Redman, today in the Zagreb- based UNPROFOR Headquarters. Upon the talks Redman stated that today's meeting was within the established "cooperative relations" between the UN, European Union, the U.S.A and Russia concerning the peace process in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The U.S. special envoy also said that he was leaving tomorrow for Sarajevo where he was scheduled to hold a meeting with the UNPROFOR Force Commander for Bosnia-Herzegovina, General Michael Rose. Redman added that he was also expecting to meet representatives of the Bosnian Croats in Mostar as well as to hold talks with representatives of the Bosnian Serbs on Pale. After that he would visit Belgrade to hold a meeting with the Serbian president Milosevic. The U.S. special envoy concluded that an overall solution to the crisis in B-H "would be our goal and I hope that a step forward will be made in the next several days, which is, of course, the intention of the U.S.A." 071821 MET apr 94