CSCE SUMMIT GAVE BOSNIA MORAL SUPPORT, IZETBEGOVIC SAYS

BUDAPEST, Dec 6, (Hina) - Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic said yesterday he had received moral and political support from the CSCE summit in Budapest and that despite the CSCE not being able to do anything to resolve the Bosnian conflict, he was not disappointed. "We've accepted the peace plan, but Serbs have again rejected it," Izetbegovic said at a Budapest press conference. "The arms embargo will be lifted very soon if the problem is not solved through a political path." He said that in Bosnia there were conflicts between legal and illegal authorities, that is democratic authorities versus racism, from which Bosnia tried hard to be saved from. Commenting on the Russian veto of a Security Council resolution banning fuel supplies to Bosnian Serbs, Izetbegovic said: "By this act Russia has once again shown that is clearly standing by the Serbs' side." Responding to questions on whether Croatia was asked to intervene militarily, Izetbegovic said: "No one asked for intervention because no one believed that there'd be a positive response." He added that 'Croatia had stated earlier that it could not involve itself in the conflict because of international obligations'. (Hina) jn sd 061321 MET dec 94