P125 MTV3 p125 .Ma 06 Hel 2149:48 1/3 BOSNIAN PREMIER SAYS TALKS WITH BELGRADE POSSIBLE SARAJEVO, FEB 6 (REUTER) - BOSNIAN PRIME MINISTER HARIS SILAJDZIC SAID ON MONDAY HIS MOSLEM-LED GOVERNMENT WOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER A PROPOSAL BY RUSSIA TO HOLD TALKS WITH RUMP YUGOSLAVIA ON MUTUAL RECOGNITION. "WE SHOULD AT THE SAME TIME THINK ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND BELGRADE AND VICE VERSA. THAT IS A KEY IN OUR RELATIONS AND THAT SUGGESTION WILL BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED IN SARAJEVO," SILAJDZIC TOLD REPORTERS AFTER RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO MOSCOW AND WESTERN CAPITALS. ... <124 126>

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>

P125 MTV3 p125 .Ma 06 Hel 2141:11 3/3 BOSNIAN PREMIER SAYS TALKS WITH BELGRADE POSSIBLE ... MUST RECOGNISE CROATIA AND BOSNIA TOHELP ACHIEVE THE LIFTING OF THE TRADE EMBARGO. ALTHOUGH MOSCOW HAS TENDED TO SIDE WITH THE SERBS DURING THE WAR, RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREI KOZYREV EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR BOSNIA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AS WELL AS THE BIG POWER CONTACT GROUP'S PEACE PLAN, WHICH WOULD DIVIDE THE COUNTRY ROUGHLY EQUALLY BETWEEN THE BOSNIAN SERBS AND A MOSLEM-CROAT FEDERATION. <124 126>