MARTINEZ ABOUT HIS VISIT TO SARAJEVO

ZAGREB, July 7 (Hina) - We went to Bosnia-Herzegovina to look into the situation there and not to give advice, president of the Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly Miguel Angel Martinez told reporters at Zagreb Airport upon return from Sarajevo on Thursday. We expressed our solidarity and support for the battle that is being fought in Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina for the values advocated by the Council of Europe, Martinez said. Speaking of the role of the European Union and the Council of Europe in solving the crisis in the former Yugoslavia, Martinez said he did not feel ashamed but proud for what had been done. The European Union has done more than anybody else, he said, adding that however it had failed to prevent the crisis and that it still had not found a final peaceful solution. He noted that this did not mean that the EU should share the blame for the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina. 071810 MET jul 94