PODGORICA, April 5 (Hina) - Montenegro's Transport Minister, Jusuf Kalamperovic, said the discontinuation of the traffic along the Belgrade-Bar railway had seriously affected the Montenegrin economy and marred the traffic and
connections between Montenegro and Serbia (which make up the current Yugoslav federation). The Belgrade-Bar railway, a part of which passes through the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina, was shut down on Saturday by NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Bosnia due to indications that Yugoslavia might use it for military purposes. SFOR troops mined the Bosnian section of the railway. The cessation of the railway traffic from Montenegro toward Serbia is to do extensive damage to the Montenegro Railways, the seaport of Bar and the entire economy of the republic, Kalamperovic explained. He added that Montenegro, however, had a sufficient number of locomotives and wagons to or
PODGORICA, April 5 (Hina) - Montenegro's Transport Minister, Jusuf
Kalamperovic, said the discontinuation of the traffic along the
Belgrade-Bar railway had seriously affected the Montenegrin
economy and marred the traffic and connections between Montenegro
and Serbia (which make up the current Yugoslav federation).
The Belgrade-Bar railway, a part of which passes through the
territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina, was shut down on Saturday by NATO-
led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Bosnia due to indications that
Yugoslavia might use it for military purposes. SFOR troops mined
the Bosnian section of the railway.
The cessation of the railway traffic from Montenegro toward Serbia
is to do extensive damage to the Montenegro Railways, the seaport of
Bar and the entire economy of the republic, Kalamperovic
explained.
He added that Montenegro, however, had a sufficient number of
locomotives and wagons to organise the smooth running of traffic
inside this smaller republic of the Yugoslav federation.
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