KORNBLUM TO VISIT PALE, SARAJEVO THIS WEEK-END

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Hina) - US Assistant Secretary of State is to travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina over the week-end to met the Bosnian Serb leadership at Pale, the President of the Presidency of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegovic, and Federation President Kresimir Zubak, the State Department said on Friday. The visit is aimed at "encouraging the establishment of new national institutions," spokesman Nicholas Burns said. He confirmed that a Contact Group meeting in London on Thursday confirmed that Bosnian Serbs faced "further isolation" if they failed to fulfill their Dayton obligations. The United States has not ruled out the possibility of new sanctions, Burns said. (hina) as 112124 MET oct 96