ZUBAK ON MERGING OF EXISTING STRUCTURES INTO BOSNIAN FEDERATION

SARAJEVO, Aug 1 (Hina) - Bosnian Federation President Kresimir Zubak has instructed all Bosnian Croat ministers in the Federal Government to come up with a plan for merging the structures of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Herzeg-Bosnia into the Federation by the 5th of August, President Zubak's office said on Thursday in a statement. The statement went on to sum up the conclusions of a Federation Forum session held in Sarajevo on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the special US envoy for the Balkans, John Kornblum. "The most important decision was to elaborate a blueprint for the final transfer of authority from the existing structures to the competent Federation bodies by the 8th of August, in accordance with the Dayton Agreement," the statement said. Yesterday's meeting also duscussed the situation in Mostar, at the insistence of the Croatian side, the statement stressed. (hina) as 011658 MET aug 96