CROATIAN PRESIDENT ON HERZEG-BOSNIA

TOMISLAVGRAD, June 15 (Hina) - Following today's visit to the Herzeg-Bosnian towns of Mostar, Citluk and Capljina, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman reviewed the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) formations near Tomislavgrad. President Tudjman addressed inhabitants and soldiers stressing that their brigades will stay in this region as a guarantee of the survival of the Croat people and of a full respect of their rights within the Bosnian Federation. "You have to eliminate all negativities in the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, and Herzeg-Bosnia will exist until the Bosnian Federation and a confederation with Croatia are completely established," said President Tudjman among other things. 151836 MET jun 94