SOLANA AND IZETBEGOVIC DISCUSS NATO TASKS IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, 15 June (Hina) - NATO Secretary General Javier Solana said in Sarajevo today that NATO would do all it could to secure conditions for implementation of general elections in Bosnia- Herzegovina. After talks with the Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic and Premier Hasan Muratovic, Solana said that the main task of the international Implementation Force (IFOR) in the future could be the establishment of full freedom of movement - 'except for those who do not deserve it' - and the creation of conditions for the return of refugees. Solana refused to comment on a possible change of IFOR's current position towards war criminals, stressing IFOR fulfilled its tasks provided for in the mandate set by the U.N. Security Council. President Izetbegovic said that the highest NATO officials had guaranteed that they would support all measures leading to the integration of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The issue of prisoners of war had been opened again, Izetbegovic said, adding that agreement had been reached that 30 prisoners of war, who were being held by all three sides, should be released in case they were not on The Hague War Crimes Tribunal lists. (hina) rm jn 151511 MET jun 96