BOSNIAN SERB AND MOSLEM MILITARY COMMANDERS TO MEET IN SARAJEVO

ZAGREB, Apr 7 (Hina) - Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the former Yugoslavia Yasushi Akashi issued a statement late Wednesday night in connection with talks held on Wednesday in Sarajevo and Pale. "In an effort to build on the progress achieved in recent weeks towards peace, the Special Envoy of the Secretary General, Yasushi Akashi, along with the Force Commander, General de Lapresle, visited Pale and Sarajevo on 6 April, and held high-level discussions with the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegovic, and the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzic," said the statement. "In light of the positive signs that emerged from these discussions, the Special Envoy has instructed the Force Commander in Bosnia and Herzegovina, General Roso, to begin immediate talks at the military level on 7 April in Sarajevo with the Commander of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, General Delic, and the Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, General Mladic. The Special Envoy hopes that these talks will lead to the establishment of a general ceasefire along the lines of confrontation between the two sides," said the statement. "The Special Envoy, Yasushi Akashi, calls on both parties to seize this opportunity to bring an end to the bloodshed which the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been forced to endure for the past two years," the statement said. 071036 MET apr 94