BUSINESS FAIR OPENED IN MOSTAR

( Editorial: --> 1975 ) MOSTAR, March 24 (Hina) - The international business fair "Mostar 98" was opened in Mostar on Tuesday. There are 338 companies from 15 countries exhibiting their products at the fair, which will last four days. Opening the event, the Croat member of the Bosnian Presidency Kresimir Zubak said the fair would contribute to the reconstruction of Bosnia-Herzegovina as a whole and the elimination of an "unjustly created negative image" of Mostar. The opening of the fair was also attended by the Bosnian Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic, Vice Premier of the Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Vladimir Soljic, co-chairman of the Bosnian Council of Ministers, Boro Bosic and Republika Srpska Vice Premier Savo Loncar. No Bosniak (Muslim) officials, either from the Federation or from Bosnia-Herzegovina, attended the fair. (hina) jn rm 241506 MET mar 98