STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT TUDJMAN

ZAGREB, Dec 22 (Hina) - The agreement on Christmas ceasefire in Bosnia-Herzegovina is a positive result of the negotiations on B-H held with EU foreign ministers in Brussels, said President Tudjman upon his arrival from Brussels. The negotiations on territorial demarcation between the three nations in B-H were the hardest talks at the Conference, the President said. A new idea on condominium of Croats and Moslem over Neum was brought at the Conference and by that the Moslem would get access to the sea, said President Tudjman. The Croatian side cannot give up the sovereignty over this part of the Adriatic coast, emphasized the President. The Croatian delegation rejected the idea that the Croatian Republic in B-H would get only 14% of the territory. The delegation still requests 17% of the territory, including the Croatian areas in central Bosnia - Novi Travnik, Vitez, Busovaca, Kiseljak, Kresevo, said President Tudjman. He added that the work of the Conference was under the impression of today's Moslem attack on the convoy for Nova Bila and on the Croatian areas in central Bosnia. 222216 MET dec 93