BOOK BY BH FOREIGN MINISTER PRESENTED IN SARAJEVO

( Editorial: --> 2025 ) SARAJEVO, June 17 (Hina) - "Imperfect Peace", a book written by Bosnian Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic, was presented in Sarajevo Wednesday evening. The presentation at the Foreign Ministry building was attended by numerous ambassadors accredited in the country, and was addressed by the international High Representative for the implementation of the Dayton peace agreement in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH) Carlos Westendorp. Regardless of all the faults to which Prlic's book points, the Dayton peace agreement is important for and necessary to BH, Westendorp said. Even an imperfect peace is better than a perfect war, he emphasised. The presence of the international community in BH will help strengthen the peace process, the High Representative said, citing as priorities to ensure market economy and eliminate the war-time way of thinking which, he said, is still evident with Bosnian politicians. Westendorp said he and Prlic agreed in believing in Europe. As a result of this the idea of special relations between BH and the European Union was formally confirmed at last week's meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Luxembourg, he said. The Bosnian Foreign Minister said his immediate activities will focus on the economic development of BH, the stabilisation of the peace process, the improvement of living conditions and of relations with the international community. (hina) ha 172328 MET jun 98