BOSNIAN SERBS SET UP POLICE CHECKPOINT ON OCCUPIED CRO TERRITORY

HRVATSKA KOSTAJNICA, Jan 5 (Hina) - Davor Govorcinovic, mayor of Hrvatska Kostajnica, a town some 100km south-east of Zagreb, on Tuesday sent a letter to Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic informing him that Bosnian Serbs have set up a police checkpoint on a destroyed bridge over the Una River, on still occupied Croatian territory. "On New Year's Eve, Serbs from the Republika Srpska set up their police checkpoint on the very destroyed bridge on the right bank of the Una River, on still occupied Croatian territory, displaying a flag of the Republika Srpska, which caused serious agitation among the residents of Hrvatska Kostajnica", Govorcinovic said in the letter. He requested Granic to "react promptly so that the Serbs remove the police checkpoint and the Republika Srpska flag from the right, occupied bank of the Una River and Croatia's territory." Over the past few days, the residents of Hrvatska Kostajnica were carefully following the events concerning the solution of the border dispute in Martin Brod and were "embittered" by the reaction of High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina Carlos Westendorp and the Stabilisation Force (SFOR). On the other hand, "not the slightest progress has been made as regards the occupied part of Hrvatska Kostajnica, on the territory of the Republic of Croatia". The High Representative told the press that the Kostajnica area was also a contentious issue, Govorcinovic reminded, requesting that Westendorp react appropriately in the case of Hrvatska Kostajnica. Govorcinovic also informed Granic that the municipal authorities of Hrvatska Kostajnica have all the land registers proving that the currently occupied part of the town has always been an indisputable part of Croatia's territory. (hina) mm rml,