AKASHI IS TO HOLD TALKS WITH GANIC IN SARAJEVO TOMORROW

SARAJEVO, Aug 15 (Hina) - The U.N. Secretary-General's special envoy, Yasushi Akashi, will arrive in Sarajevo on Tuesday to hold talks with the Vice President of the Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Ejup Ganic. Their meeting was proposed by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian side, as a spokeswoman for the U.N. Protection Force (UNPROFOR), Claire Grimes, said today in Sarajevo. At the last meeting of Akashi and Ganic the Bosnian side suggested that such talks should be regularly held every month. Tuesday's talks will centre on the current situation on the battlefronts throughout Bosnia as well as on the activities of the U.N. peacekeepers. A meeting between the Bosnian-Herzegovinian government's officials and representatives of Fikret Abdic (the local potentate in western Bosnia) was held on Sunday, UNPROFOR spokeswoman told journalists today. The participants in Sunday's meeting discussed the implementation of the Constitution of the Federation of B-H in western Bosnia. They debated in particular the issue of the military cooperation in this crisis area. The two sides agreed to seek concrete measures aimed at establishing a cease-fire between the government-led Bosnian army's Fifth Corps and troops loyal to Abdic, Spokeswoman Grimes added. Evaluating Sunday's meeting to be positive she announced that next talks should be held in the French peacekeepers' base in Bihac. (hina) mm 151257 MET aug 94