DATE=9/8/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-185016
TITLE=BOSNIA / SERB REACT (S ONLY)
BYLINE=WAYNE COREY
DATELINE=VIENNA

INTRO: Yugoslav and Bosnian Serb Negotiators at the Geneva talks have welcomed the aggreement reached there on basic principles governing negotiations on a peace agreement for Bosnia-Herzegovina. V-O-A's Central European correspondent, Wayne Corey, reports.
TEXT: The head of the joint Yugoslav/Bosnia Serb delegation, Yugoslav Foreing Minister Milan Milutinovic, says the World has recognized the Bosnian Serb Republic.
He says the Serb Republic is now on an entirely equal footing with the Muslim/Croat Federation in Bosnia. He says this means the Serbs can form a confederation with Yugoslavia.
A Bosnian Serb official in Geneva, Nikola Koljevic, says the international community has acknowledged the existence of the Serb's state for the first time. He is quoted by the Yugoslav news agency, TANJUG, as saying the Serbs now have the right to form a union with Yugoslavia.
It is not clear, though, if the kind of union Mr.Koljevic has in mind would be acceptable to the Bosnian government.
It is also not clear if the Geneva Agreement will satisfy the Serbs' army commander, General Ratko Mladic. Under the accord, the Serbs will have to give up nearly 20 percent of the territory they have seized during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Signed)
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08-Sep-95 3:12 PM EDT (1912 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America