GELBARD TO ATTEND CEREMONY MARKING COMPLETION OF REINTEGRATION

( Editorial: --> 2686 ) WASHINGTON, 7 Jan (Hina) - Robert Gelbard, special envoy of US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for the implementation of the Dayton agreement, will pay a visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro. Gelbard is also to attend a ceremony marking the completion of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube river region in Vukovar. The US envoy will leave the United States on Sunday. Speaking at a press conference in Washington on Tuesday, Gelbard said that his visit was aimed at implementing numerous aspects of the Dayton agreement. Before his visit to the region, Gelbard will meet representatives of the Contact Group in Washington on Thursday. The United States expected Croatia to pay special attention to completing the dismantling of Herzeg-Bosnian institutions, Gelbard said. Yugoslavia would be able to get rid of the outer wall of sanctions only after it had achieved results in five areas - the fulfilment of Dayton obligations, the handing over of war crimes suspects, Kosovo, the succession to the former Yugoslavia and the democratisation of the country, he said. Speaking about the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Gelbard said that currently the US administration was paying special attention to the handing over of persons indicted for war crimes in the area of Vukovar. (hina) mm rm 071148 MET jan 98