BOSNIAN DIPLOMAT ANNOUNCES THAT TALKS WITH MILOSEVIC WILL RESUME

SARAJEVO, March 29 (Hina) - Slobodan Milosevic (Serbian President) recently requested direct talks with Bosnia-Herzegovina's Government several times. Thus, we assessed that we should give him a chance and see whether he was sincerely interested in peace, Bosnian Ambassador to Switzerland, Muhamed Filipovic, said while explaining why, on behalf of Bosnian President Izetbegovic, he had conducted talks with Milosevic recently in Belgrade. In an interview with an independent "Studio 99" television station Filipovic said he had demanded from Milosevic last Tuesday to recognize Bosnia unconditionally, as to show his readiness for peace. According to Filipovic the Belgrade meeting meant implicitly Milosevic's recognition of Bosnia. Filipovic announced that new possibilities for talks with Milosevic were likely to be created. Filipovic held that Croatian reservations as regards this meeting in Belgrade were groundless. He told Bosnian Croats that the meeting was in their interest as well as in the interest of Bosniacs (Moslems), since it was primarily in the interest of Bosnia-Herzegovina. (hina) mar mms 291959 MET mar 95