PODGORICA, April 22 (Hina) - The passage through the border between Croatia and Montenegro has been normalised since Montenegrin police officials and Yugoslav army representatives reached agreement on the matter, the Montenegrin news
agency "Montenafax" reported on Thursday. After long negotiations led on Wednesday evening by Montenegrin Interior Minister Vukasin Maras and the commander of Yugoslav Navy, Vice-Admiral Milan Zec, one can normally pass via the border crossing of Debeli Brijeg. Persons who enter Montenegro need no Yugoslav visa as Montenegro decided two months ago to cancel such visas until October and the end of the tourist season. On Wednesday night, two journalists of the Split-based Feral Tribune weekly and a Czech three-member TV crew passed from Croatia into Montenegro. Prior to this successful entrance, they had been returned to Croatia by the Yugoslav army, although they had been
PODGORICA, April 22 (Hina) - The passage through the border between
Croatia and Montenegro has been normalised since Montenegrin
police officials and Yugoslav army representatives reached
agreement on the matter, the Montenegrin news agency "Montenafax"
reported on Thursday.
After long negotiations led on Wednesday evening by Montenegrin
Interior Minister Vukasin Maras and the commander of Yugoslav Navy,
Vice-Admiral Milan Zec, one can normally pass via the border
crossing of Debeli Brijeg.
Persons who enter Montenegro need no Yugoslav visa as Montenegro
decided two months ago to cancel such visas until October and the
end of the tourist season.
On Wednesday night, two journalists of the Split-based Feral
Tribune weekly and a Czech three-member TV crew passed from Croatia
into Montenegro. Prior to this successful entrance, they had been
returned to Croatia by the Yugoslav army, although they had been
allowed by Montenegrin border police control to cross into the
country.
Two days ago Yugoslav soldiers set up their own check-point several
kilometres inside the Montenegrin territory from the border. All
who possessed neither visa nor journalist accreditation issued in
Belgrade were not let by the Army travel into Montenegro and had to
come back to Croatia.
The Maras-Zec agreement provides that Yugoslav army will not
further interfere into jurisdiction of the Montenegrin police and,
in this way, Montenegrin police and customs officers are in charge
of control at border crossings. Soldiers are to perform their
duties in this border area in accordance to law.
(hina) jn ms