BOSNIA & YUGOSLAVIA TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BY YEAR'S END ( Editorial: --> 2787 )

( Editorial: --> 2787 ) SARAJEVO, Nov 21 (Hina) - Bosnia-Herzegovina and Yugoslavia should establish diplomatic relations by the end of this year, Bosnian Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic told reporters Friday. A gentlemanly agreement has been reached for diplomatic relations between Sarajevo and Belgrade to be established through the exchange of ambassadors in order to avoid earlier conditioning, Prlic said after a Bosnian Presidency meeting which discussed the matter. Until now, the Yugoslav government agreed to the exchange of ambassadors, but conditioned the establishment of diplomatic relations by demanding that Bosnia renounce its charges, filed with the International Court of Justice, against the Yugoslav government for the aggression against Bosnia. Prlic announced that a letter on the appointment of the first ambassador to Yugoslavia would be forwarded to Belgrade by the year's end. In line with an agreement among members of the Bosnian Presidency, the ambassador in Belgrade will be appointed by the Bosnian Croat side. (hina) ha 212110 MET nov 97