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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Vice President


For Immediate Release January 30, 1995
                     VICE PRESIDENT GORE MEETS WITH
                 BOSNIAN PRIME MINISTER HARIS SILAJDZIC

Vice President Al Gore met with Haris Silajdzic, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to discuss the situation in Bosnia and share views on the prospects for peace. Vice President Gore reiterated the Clinton Administration's support for Bosnia's territorial integrity and adherence to the Contract Group plan. The Vice President and Prime Minister deplored the Bosnian Serbs' intransigence with regard to recent initiatives by the Contact Group. Vice President Gore assured the Prime Minister that the United States continues to support efforts to obtain a negotiated settlement of the conflict in Bosnia on the basis of the Contact Group plan.

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