BOSNIAN CROATS, MOSLEMS MEET TO MARK FEDERATION ANNIVERSARY

VIENNA, March 14 (Hina) - A meeting to mark the signing of the Washington accords of 18 March 1994 on establishing a Moslem-Croat federation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, was held in Vienna today. It was agreed that the strengthening of the Bosnian federation and its confederation with Croatia was in the interest of both Croats and Moslems in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Austrian Foreign Minister Alois Mock said progress in establishing the Bosnian federation should be faster. Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic said he was not optimistic about peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina but that he was optimistic about the future of the Bosnian federation because it was in the interest of both nations. Federation president Kresimir Zubak and his deputy, Ejup Ganic, pointed out differences in the approach to the federation project. Zubak said Bosnian Croats wanted the federation to be organized as a community of nations with equal rights. Ganic said Bosnian Moslems expected the federation to be divided into cantons. It was in the interest of all parties that everything was done to stimulate the establishment of the federation, United States envoy to Bosnia-Herzegovina Robert Frasure said. Today's meeting was sponsored by the Austrian Foreign Ministry and the US Embassy in Vienna. (hina) mm vm 142009 MET mar 95