BILDT'S OFFICE TO OPEN REGIONAL OFFICE IN MOSTAR

MOSTAR, Dec 12 (Hina) - A regional office of the international peace coordinator, Carl Bildt, would be opened in Mostar next year, Mostar Mayor Ivan Prskalo announced on Thursday after meeting Deputy Mayor Safet Orucevic and EU special envoy Martin Garrod. Garrod discussed an ad hoc meeting of EU foreign ministry experts which he attended last week in Brussels. After the expiry of Garrod's mandate, a follow-up unit would be dispatched to Mostar to complete the projects initiated by the EU Administration. The follow-up unit would play no political role, Garrod stressed. Prskalo said he expected Friday's session of the Federation Forum to "make his job as mayor easier." He added that he had already contacted the police regarding the suspension of evictions from Mostar flats. (hina) mm as vm (hina) mm as 121513 MET dec 96