P125 MTV3 p125 .Ma 06 Hel 2100:12 2/3 BOSNIAN PREMIER SAYS TALKS WITH BELGRADE POSSIBLE ... RUMP YUGOSLAVIA, WHICH CONSISTS OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, OPPOSED BOSNIA'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN 1992 AND BACKED SEPARATIST BOSNIAN SERB FORCES WHO NOW CONTROL 72 PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF CONFLICT. BUT SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC, ANXIOUS TO SECURE THE LIFTING OF U.N. SANCTIONS ON HIS COUNTRY, SEVERED TIES WITH THE BOSNIAN SERB LEADERSHIP LAST AUGUST OVER THEIR REJECTION OF A BIG POWER PEACE PLAN. WESTERN DIPLOMATS SAY BELGRADE ... <124 126>