U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE 95/07/21 Daily Press Briefing
From: hristu@arcadia.harvard.edu (Dimitrios Hristu)
Subject: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE 95/07/21 Daily Press Briefing
Office of the Spokesman
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
I N D E X
Friday, July 21 l995
Briefer: David Johnson
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FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
Situation in Zepa ..................................... 8
London Conference on Bosnia ........................... 8
--Secretary Christopher's Return from London Conference 5-6
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1995, 12:55 P.M.
(ON THE RECORD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)
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Q Can you give us any information about Bosnia today? I know
the conference is going on, but do you have any situation reports from
the area?
MR. JOHNSON: Do you have anything more specific?
Q The situation in Zepa and Gorazde; the shelling in Sarajevo?
MR. JOHNSON: I am sure that I don't have anything on Sarajevo.
According to the U.N., although the Bosnian Serb army is in control of
some of the 20 hamlets in the enclave of Zepa, the town itself remains
in government hands.
I understand that the Bosnian Serb army resumed shelling the town
yesterday evening after the Bosnian Government withdrew its decision to
surrender.
The decision of the Bosnian Government, according to the U.N. to
withdraw its approval, was because the two sides could not agree on the
details of a massive prisoner exchange involving the Bosnian men of Zepa
and Srebrenica.
Bosnian Serb forces remain to the southwest of the town.
Yesterday, the army brought in 60 buses in the expectation that a
massive evacuation would follow Zepa's surrender.
We don't really have any confirmed information on the actual status
of the 17,000 Bosnians who are living in the enclave.
Q David, do you know whether the Bosnian Government forces hold
significant numbers of Serb prisoners?
MR. JOHNSON: I do not. I just don't have anything to address that
at all. I wouldn't want to give you a response without having some
information.
In terms of what's going on in London, what I can say is what we've
been saying all week. We're determined to reach a united position with
our closest allies which would change the status quo on the ground. But
in terms of the course of those talks and what happens in London today,
I think I'm going to refer you to your colleagues there.
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(Press briefing concluded at 1:12 p.m.)
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