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MONDAY, JULY 27, 1992

THE GOVERNOR: THAN THREE.

LET'S BE FAIR

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ONE RATHER

JEREMY WAGSTAFF (REUTERS):

MR HURD, COULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR HOPES FOR THE MEETING TODAY IN LONDON, OF THE BOSNIAN FACTIONS, GIVEN THE COMMENTS OF THE BOSNIAN PRESIDENT THAT IT WILL SIMPLY SERVE AS A REPORTER ON THE WAR RATHER THAN ANY SERIOUS PEACE NEGOTIATIONS?

FOREIGN SECRETARY:

WELL THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED IN BOSNIA: ONE IS A CEASE-FIRE THAT WORKS AS OPPOSED TO A CEASE-FIRE THAT THE THREE LEADERS CONCERNED SIGN AND DOESN'T

AND THE SECOND 18 WORK;

THERE ARE THREE THINGS THE SECOND 18 HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, WHICH COMES AND GOES BUT DORS TO A LIMITED EXTENT GET THROUGH; AND THE THIRD IS SOME PROSPECT OF A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT. AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LORD CARRINGTON'S EFFORTS AND AMBASSADOR CUTELEIRO'S EFFORTS, THIS IS A COUNTRY, BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA, WK'VE RECOGNISED IT. THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY HAS RECOGNISED IT, JT 18 A MEMBER OF THE UN. WITHIN IT THERE ARE THREE POLITICAL COMMUNITIES; THEY HAVR TO FIND A WAY IN WHICH THEY CAN LIVE TOGETHER ONCR THE ONCE FIGHTING HAS STOPPED, AND IT WILL BE EASIER TO STOP THE FIGHTING THEY ARE SITTING DOWN AND ACTUALLY WORKING THAT OUT, 80 THAT' THE WORRIES THAT BOSNIA IS GOING TO BE PARTITIONED BETWEEN SERBIA CROATIA DISAPPEAR AND IT IS SEEN THIS IS GOING TO BR ONE COUNTRY THREE POLITICAL COMMUNITIES LIVING TOGETHER IN IT.

THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CONTINUOUS RFFORTS; WE HAVE TO GO ON MAKING THEM SHOW THEM A FORUM, A MEETING PLACE, WHERE THEY CAN DISCUSS THIS. NOT A LUXURY, IT'S A NECESSITY.

AND WITH

ΤΟ IT'S

OUR SOURCES SAID A SENIOR

LAW YEE-PING (HK DAILY NEWS): REPRESENTATIVE MEETING WILL BE HELD IN LONDON WITHIN DAYS TO DISCUSS THE AIRPORT ISSUE, WILL YOU CONFIRM IT OR DENY IT?

FOREIGN SECRETARY:

NO, WHAT I AM CONFIRMING

A MEETING OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE HERE IN HONG KONG ON 30TH JULY.

THE GOVERNOR:

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THIS COMING THURSDAY.

IF WE COULD

FOLLOW UP ON THE NOW то BE AN THE KUROPRAN

FRANCIS MORIATY (METRO NEWS): YUGOSLAVIA QUESTION: IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, A TACIT ADMISSION THAT COMMUNITY HAS FRANKLY FAILED IN FINDING A COHESIVE AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO SOLVING THIS CIVIL WAR?

FOREIGN SECRETARY:

THE CIVIL WAR IS NOT INSIDE THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, IT'S INSIDE THE PORMER YUGOSLAVIA, AND THEREFORE IT CAN'T BE SOLVED ELSEWHERE THAN INSIDE THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE IS PROVIDE A SET OF IDRAS AND A FRAMEWORK IN WHICH THEY CAN DISCUSS THEIR FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS, AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO. AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN CALLING THIS CONFERENCE IS FOLLOW THROUGH THE REMIT WHICH WAS

OUT EXACTLY A WEEK AGO IN THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, CONSULT AND WE SHOULD THEN BROADEN AND INTENSIFY THE PROCESS WHICH REMAINS THE CORE OF THE PEACEMAKING EFFORT. SO WE HAVE CONSULTED THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UN I WENT THERE ON MONDAY AND WE ARE NOW CALLING THIS CONFERENCE. SO THE PEACE PROCESS BROADENING AND INTENSIFYING, AS WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO.

THAT

WORK RD

WH SHOULD CARRINGTON

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IS

/CARRIE CHAN