BELGRADE REJECTS ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH SARAJEVO

( Editorial: --> 3012 ) BELGRADE, Aug 11 (Hina) - Bosnian Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic says the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) has rejected establishing diplomatic relations with Bosnia-Herzegovina and exchanging ambassadors. In an interview with the Beta news agency, carried on Tuesday by Belgrade newspapers, Prlic said recently that through the Yugoslav Embassy in Croatia he had sought agreement for Mile Akmadzic to be appointed as the Bosnian Ambassador to Belgrade and had received an official reply in Sarajevo. The FRY authorities responded that they had accepted the BH ambassadorial candidate, but "under current conditions we cannot accept establishing diplomatic relations and exchanging ambassadors", Prlic said. In recent days the Belgrade press had reported that ambassadors could be exchanged soon between the FRY and Bosnia, with Muhamed Filipovic names as the BH ambassador and Vladimir Sultanovic as the FRY ambassador. (Hina) 111737 MET aug 98