NETHERLANDS SUPPORTS BOSNIA'S MULTIETHNICITY

SARAJEVO, April 27 (Hina) - Dutch Foreign Minister Hans Van Mierlo said in Sarajevo on Saturday that his country would continue providing assistance for the reconstruction of Bosnia- Herzegovina to help its people preserve the idea of multiethnicity. It is also in our interest that Bosnia-Herzegovina and its government succeed in those efforts and that the whole country get out of the misery caused by war, Van Mierlo said after talks with Bosnian Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic. The Netherlands is the country which has so far provided the greatest financial aid to Bosnia-Herzegovina in relation to its gross national product, Prlic said. Prlic stressed the importance of Dutch support in the process of Bosnia-Herzegovina's admission to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The two ministers agreed that a large group of Dutch business people would visit Bosnia-Herzegovina soon to assess possibilities of involvement in reconstruction projects. Van Mierlo also discussed with senior Bosnian government officials the process of implementing the Dayton peace agreement. In the next two days, Van Mierlo would visit Dutch troops serving in the NATO-led peace implementation force in the country. (hina) vm 271901 MET apr 96