U.S. STRONGLY CONDEMNS KARADZIC'S REAPPEARANCE IN PUBLIC

SARAJEVO, Feb 3 (Hina) - The US administration strongly condemns the reapeareance of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in public, US Assistant Secretary of State John Kornblum said in Sarajevo on Monday. It is a serious violation of a 19 July 1996 agreement between the Bosnian Serbs and international peace coordinator Carl Bildt and US diplomat Richard Holbrook under which Karadzic must refrain from public statements and interviews, he said. Kornblum told reporters in the Bosnian Presidency building that he had directly warned Bosnian Serb leaders Momcilo Krajisnik and Biljana Plavsic of this violation. I told them we would hold them responsible for Karadzic's acts unless they distanced themselves from that, he said. According to him, Krajisnik and Plavsic said they did not agree with either the form or contents of Kradzic's interview with a Greek newspaper. Kornblum cautioned that Karadzic's statements had questioned not only the Dayton peace accords but also human rights and peace in the region. The US administration rejects Karadzic's threats of renewed war in the Brcko area, and the presence of NATO troops in Bosnia is a clear sign that he won't be able to fulfil those threats, Kornblum said. He went on to say that the US government was concerned about developments in Belgrade on Monday afternoon and the use of force against demonstrators. It's a sad development of events and we have made it known to Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milutinovic, Kornblum said. (hina) jn mš vm 032041 MET feb 97