EMBARGO AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA DOES NOT PERTAIN TO REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

SARAJEVO, April 27 (Hina) - The Office of the high international Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina (OHR), at the request of the Croatian Foreign Ministry, on Tuesday consented to the import of oil and oil products into Republika Srpska, OHR spokeswoman Alexandra Stiglmayer said in Sarajevo on Tuesday. She told reporters the import of oil from Croatia into the Bosnian Serb entity of Republika Srpska had been ceased temporarily last week, as customs services had demanded to know whether the embargo on fuel imposed on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia also pertained to Republika Srpska. The Croatian Foreign Ministry asked for our standpoint and we allowed the import of oil, Stiglmayer said. Stabilisation Force (SFOR) spokesman David Scalon said the NATO- led troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina only controlled traffic of military character, and fuel does not at the moment fall into that category. Whether Bosnia-Herzegovina will be included in the embargo on fuel imposed on Yugoslavia will be decided on by state organs, Scanlon said. Bosnian Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic said the decision on joining in the boycott can only be reached by the state Presidency, which has not discussed the issue yet. He stressed bodies in authority in Bosnia-Herzegovina will in the future, as they have up till now, do everything to keep the country out of the current conflict in Yugoslavia. (hina) lml jn