PRESS CONFERENCE BY CROATIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF BOSNIA

ZAGREB, May 5 (Hina) - Representatives of the Croatian National Council (HNV) of Bosnia-Herzegovina held a press conference in Zagreb Thursday at which they expressed concern about the obstruction of the Washington agreement. HNV representatives stressed the implementation of the Washington agreement was thwarted by those had been enforcing the policy of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party in Bosnia- Herzegovina. They warned that in joint commissions for return of refugees were people who had committed crimes and who were now obstructing the return by setting unrealistic conditions. HNV members stressed that the Washington agreement did not envisage the existence of a supply corridor along the Sava river in northern Bosnia as it only suited Greater-Serbian policies. Speaking of the completion of ethnic cleansing of non-Serbs in northern and northwestern Bosnia, HNV officials said there lived about 25 thousand Croats who needed urgent assistance. The HNV welcomed the foundation of the Croatian Independent Democrats party, particularly its platform on Bosnia-Herzegovina. 052137 MET may 94