COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN CITIES PRESIDENT VISITS MOSTAR

MOSTAR, June 21 (Hina) - President of the Council of European Cities and Barcelona mayor, Pasqual Margall, on Friday visited Mostar, where he held talks with EU Administrator for Mostar, Ricardo Perez Casado, and Western (Croat) Mostar mayor, Mijo Brajkovic, which focused on the reconstruction of Mostar and the forthcoming elections. Eastern (Moslem) Mostar mayor, Safet Orucevic, was also supposed to take part in the talks, but according to Casado, he was "detained due to a visit to Norway". After the meeting Margall said that the Council of European Cities and Barcelona were willing to help Mostar's economic development. "Brajkovic told me that Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina needed a town with a university, schools and other necessities and I agree with that", Margall said. Brajkovic said that the basic theses of today's talk was that the Mostar elections scheduled for 30 June should be supported by all sides. (hina) ha mm 211849 MET jun 96