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BosNet Digest V5 #10 / Jan. 7, 1996
From: Dzevat Omeragic <dzevat@EE.MCGILL.CA>
CONTENTS
[01] ESTABLISHED TELEPHONE LINES WITH BELGRADE
[02] TENSION IN MOSTAR
[03] DISPUTE IN VIENNA SETTLED BY COMPROMISE
[04] ABOLITION OF CROATIAN VISAS FOR BOSNIAN CITIZENS AGREED
[05] 16 CIVILIANS LIBERATED, 3 KIDNAPPED
[06] PRESS RELEASE ON NEW YEAR'S INCIDENT
[07] SILAJDZIC VISITED REFUGEES FROM VELIKA KLADUSA
[08] UNHCR RESUMED HUMANITARIAN CONVOYS
[09] COMMUNICATION MISSION : B-H FEDERATION - REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
[01] ESTABLISHED TELEPHONE LINES WITH BELGRADE
Sarajevo, Jan 5,1996 (Press TWRA) - On January 1,1996 after three
and a half years of interruption, again the telephone lines
between B-H and so called "FRY" have been established, informed
the press service of General Post Office. Bosnian Serbs
interrupted the telephone lines which connected B-H with world in
1992, by switching off the transmitter. Private person will be
able to talk with Belgrade only from the Post Office as it is a
case with all international calls from Sarajevo. (end) S.K.
[02] TENSION IN MOSTAR
Mostar, Jan 5, 1996 (Press TWRA) - EU administration in Mostar
has confirmed today that automatic fire was opened from the HVO
positions last night, on the Bosnian police patrol vehicle moving
along the Boulevard of National Revolution. In the assault
policemen Ferid Caus and Semir Camo are injured in the legs,
while Camo suffered back injures, too. They are in bad health
condition but not in critical. Security service center in Mostar
authorized West European Union police (WEU) for further
investigation, not likely to be accepted by Croatian police which
already refused WEU investigation on the case of killing Alan
Mustovic, on Jan 1, 1996. Hans Koschnick announced engagement of
German criminal police in the investigation on those cases and
recently opened fire from western on eastern part of the town.
EU administration head in Mostar, sir Martin Garrod informed
journalists today that Croatian side decided to take by force
the dam of hydro electric plant Mostar, object at the separation
line to which one-sided access is forbidden, in accord with the
agreement of both sides with the EU administration in Mostar.
EU administrator in Mostar, Koschnick, stressed at the press
conference the Dayton agreement on Mostar defines the town as
integral, so the border lines among 6 boroughs, not specified
yet, are administrative and not international. "I have clear
evidence the people in Mostar, Bosniaks and Croats but also Serbs
want to protect their property and repossess what they had before
the war. That property is in six boroughs which are the means of
integration and not separation of the town," said Koschnick,
adding: "Those forces and individuals who want to break the
atmosphere of peace, cooperation and implementation of what has
already been accepted, must think it over."
Koschnick denied the statement of the Croatian police head
in Mostar Zdravko Soldo issued to some media, including the daily
"Slobodna Dalmacija" and the letter addressed to the WEU police
head to Mostar claiming that the Mostar mayor Orucevic "announced
terrorist actions of Muslim extremists" at the Advisory Council
session. "Such or alike statements, Safet Orucevic, my main
advisor, has never issued in my presence," said Koschnick.
Orucevic also denied Soldo's allegations. /end/ A.S.
[03] DISPUTE IN VIENNA SETTLED BY COMPROMISE
Vienna, Jan 5, 1996 (Press TWRA) - After resolving procedural
dispute, negotiations on detente in ex-Yugoslavia between
Croatia, FRY and B-H have been resumed today. Dispute between the
B-H and B-H Serb entity delegations is resolved by the title
"Representative" being put in front of each delegation with the
name of the state written below it (Bosnia-Herzegovina, FR
Yugoslavia, Croatia) or the B-H entity (B-H Federation, Republika
Srpska). In front of the hall where negotiations are held there
is a note reminding that the negotiators are the signatories of
the Dayton agreement. In this way, Bosnian diplomats believe the
precedent of appearing "Republika Srpska" as an international
subject is avoided. /end/ A.S.
[04] ABOLITION OF CROATIAN VISAS FOR BOSNIAN CITIZENS AGREED
Sarajevo, Dec 6, 1996 (Press TWRA) - B-H president Izetbegovic
said abolition of Craotian visas for Bosnian citizens was agreed
at this week's summit between B-H and Croatia in Sarajevo.
Bosnian visa was never required for Croatia's citizens. Decision
on the abolition is agreed in principle and is to undergo a
suitable procedure. Besides, at the summit, abolition for all
participants in the war between HVO and B-H army two tears ago,
was agreed on, exempted are the war criminal suspects. /end/A.S.
[05] 16 CIVILIANS LIBERATED, 3 KIDNAPPED
Sarajevo, Jan 5,1996 (Press TWRA) - "Bosnian Serbs kidnapped
another 3 civilians, one Serb, one Croat and one Muslim. It seems
that one person has not yet been liberated and that in fact 17
persons had been arrested on Ilidza and not 16", stated for B-H
Television Amir Hadziomeragic, the deputy of B-H Government
Minister Muratovic in charge of relations with IFOR. This news
followed after Bosnian Serbs last night released 13 civilians the
from prison Kula, the rest of 16 civilians captured. These
civilians were released after Washington made the direct demand
to Serbian President Milosevic. Three civilians (A.Spahic, R.
Delalic and M. Kursumdzija) whom Serbs first released described
to the journalist in Sarajevo how they were arrested. At the time
of kidnap they were driving in the column of the vehicles which
were trying to enter Sarajevo from the direction of Kiseljak.
They were riding in the "Alhos" factory's truck carrying several
thousands DEM worth textile. Serbs stooped their truck two times
and finally separated it from the column. Serbs took their
identification cards, money and truck with the entire cargo.
These three civilians accused the IFOR soldiers, who were
positioned at the head and at the end of column, that they failed
to reacted even when they noticed that Serbs separated them from
the column."IFOR soldiers did nothing to protect civilians",
claim these three Bosniaks. (end) S.K.
[06] PRESS RELEASE ON NEW YEAR'S INCIDENT
Mostar, Jan 5,1996 (Press TWRA) - Security Service Center in
Mostar issued a press release in which rejects the Croatian
police accusations that the recently killed Alan Mustovic (17)
(who together with his three friends of the same age drove in a
car through the part of city under HVO control) was one of "four
terrorists, members of Bosnian police who were implanted to the
western part of the city in order to provoke the arm conflict
with Croatian police". "Those are filthy and planted lies with
only one aim to create image for uninformed that the joint life
of Bosniaks and Croats in the city is impossible, together with
the establishing of joint Mostar police force as a condition for
the renewal of united city of Mostar", says the Center's press
release. The Center reminds that Croatian police completely
needlessly used the gun and shot Alan Mustovic in the back, with
armor-piercing bullet. Mustovic was driving along the street in
the city center which according to the agreement between two
police forces and in coordination with European police completely
open for any kind of traffic and communications, reported our
correspondent. (end) S.K.
[07] SILAJDZIC VISITED REFUGEES FROM VELIKA KLADUSA
Kupljensko, Velika Kladusa, Jan 6, 1996 (Press TWRA) - "We
reached peace agreement with those who attacked us, so we have to
do the same with you. I came here to advise you to return to your
homes. I will travel to Kladusa to check what has been done so
far to provide your safe return. You should go back to Kladusa
and Cazin, as this refugee crisis cannot be prolonged due to the
fact that you have to start working and your children go to
school. There was a war, and some things that occurred are past
now. The place we want you to return is the state where law is
abode by, Bosnia is the state of law and growing securit," said
Bosnian premier Haris Silajdzic in his talk with refugees from
Velika Kladusa, accommodated in the refugee camp Kupljensko,
Croatia. Combined Bosnian-Turkish Croatian delegation included
Bosnian and Croatian ministers of the Interior, Bakir Alispahic
and Ivan Jarnjak, B-H and Turkish ambassadors to Croatia, Kasim
Trnka and Darial Batbay, respectively, Croatian president's
advisor for humanitarian issues, Slobodan Lang and assistant of
the Croatian diplomacy head Hidajet Biscevic. /end/ A.S.
[08] UNHCR RESUMED HUMANITARIAN CONVOYS
Zagreb, Jan, 6 1996 (Press TWRA) - UNHCR spokeswoman, Rajka Rusan
announced that humanitarian convoys to central Bosnia via
Herzegovina had been resumed, as the authorities of the so-called
Herzeg Bosnia cancelled the charge of Croatian kuna 5O per a
truck for "sanitary inspection of the vehicles". /end./ A.S.
[09] COMMUNICATION MISSION : B-H FEDERATION - REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
Vienna, Jan 6 1996 (Press TWRA) - Representatives of the two B-H
entities agreed yesterday on establishing a military
communication mission in Sarajevo, Jan 16, 1996 between commander
of the armed forces of the B-H Federation and Republika Srpska,
said Istvan Gyarmati, Hungarian ambassador to OSCE and chairman
at the negotiations on security measures, being held in Vienna.
Gyarmati informes that both sides provided OSCE with data on
their military potential as well as their deployment. Due to
religious holidays, negotiations are put off till Wednesday,
January 1O, 1996. /end/ A.S.
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