SARAJEVO, Sept 5 (Hina) - The United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will establish a regular bus service between the Croatian town of Daruvar and the Bosnian city of Banja Luka, said a spokeswoman for the UNHCR in
Sarajevo on Tuesday. The purpose of this first inter-state humanitarian bus line between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina is to help build refugees' confidence in the possibilities of the return as well as to promote the freedom of movement across the border," the spokeswoman Barbara Smith added. The fare will be free. She added that all who would travel by UNHCR busses must have valid travel papers. Busses will depart from the north-western Bosnian city of Banja Luka (the Bosnian Serb entity) at 07.00 hrs every Thursday. They will stop at Bosanska Gradiska (Bosnia) and the Croatian towns of Okucani, Lipik and Pakrac and finally at Daruvar. They will return from D
SARAJEVO, Sept 5 (Hina) - The United Nations' High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) will establish a regular bus service between the
Croatian town of Daruvar and the Bosnian city of Banja Luka, said a
spokeswoman for the UNHCR in Sarajevo on Tuesday.
The purpose of this first inter-state humanitarian bus line between
Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina is to help build refugees'
confidence in the possibilities of the return as well as to promote
the freedom of movement across the border," the spokeswoman Barbara
Smith added.
The fare will be free.
She added that all who would travel by UNHCR busses must have valid
travel papers.
Busses will depart from the north-western Bosnian city of Banja
Luka (the Bosnian Serb entity) at 07.00 hrs every Thursday. They
will stop at Bosanska Gradiska (Bosnia) and the Croatian towns of
Okucani, Lipik and Pakrac and finally at Daruvar. They will return
from Daruvar at 02.00 pm Thursday.
This service begins as of September 7.
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