MINISTER WARNS KOSOVO REFUGEE SITUATION COULD "LOOSE CONTROL"

( Editorial: --> 0907 ) MOSTAR, Sept 16 (Hina) - Bosnian Federation Refugee Minister Rasim Kadic has warned that the current situation with Kosovo refugees, currently located in Bosnia-Herzegovina could "loose control". Speaking at a government session on Wednesday in Mostar, Kadic stated that there were currently about 10,000 Kosovo refugees in Bosnia. According to Kadic international pressure on the Federation government to resolve the issue of the Kosovo refugees was increasing. He warned that the Federal Refugee Ministry could not be concerned only with this problem. Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Drago Bilandzija also believes that the issue regarding the Kosovo refugees in BH can no longer be avoided. The UNHCR's Mostar representative Tony Garcia said at a press conference on Wednesday in Mostar that he considered this issue was quite a burden to Bosnia as the country had only just recently emerged from war. Garcia asked the Bosnian government to cooperate with the UNHCR in an effort to find temporary shelter for the Kosovo Albanian refugees. (Hina) sp jn/mbr 161955 MET sep 98