SARAJEVO, June 15 (Hina) - A spoeksman for the NATO-led Stabilisation Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina (SFOR) on Tuesday confirmed that another convoy of Russian troops, who are part of SFOR, had departed toward Kosov in the early morning.
The spokesman David Scanlon told a news conference in Sarajevo that the SFOR command had been informed that the Russian brigade, deployed in northeastern Bosnia, received an order from Moscow to send an additional convoy to Kosovo carrying supplies for Russian troops who had previously gone to Kosovo. At about four o'clock this morning a convoy with 11 vehicles and 29 soldiers left Bosnia for Kosovo, Scanlon said. He added that this convoy was with provisions as it mainly consisted of lorries and cisterns with fuel. The spokesman told reporters that a decrease in the number of Russian soldiers in Bosnia would not affect duties which the Russian SFOR brigade should
SARAJEVO, June 15 (Hina) - A spoeksman for the NATO-led
Stabilisation Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina (SFOR) on Tuesday
confirmed that another convoy of Russian troops, who are part of
SFOR, had departed toward Kosov in the early morning.
The spokesman David Scanlon told a news conference in Sarajevo that
the SFOR command had been informed that the Russian brigade,
deployed in northeastern Bosnia, received an order from Moscow to
send an additional convoy to Kosovo carrying supplies for Russian
troops who had previously gone to Kosovo.
At about four o'clock this morning a convoy with 11 vehicles and 29
soldiers left Bosnia for Kosovo, Scanlon said.
He added that this convoy was with provisions as it mainly consisted
of lorries and cisterns with fuel.
The spokesman told reporters that a decrease in the number of
Russian soldiers in Bosnia would not affect duties which the
Russian SFOR brigade should carry out. This brigade comprised 1,300
personnel a few days ago.
At the end of last week a Russian unit with 200 soldiers and 48
vehicles had been sent to Kosovo.
The SFOR spokesman reiterated that the Russian brigade could
fulfill its task with less people than 1,300, and its commander gave
assurances that a lack of staff and equipment would be soon
supplemented either by the return of Russians from Kosovo or
poassible reinforcements dispatched from Russia.
The SFOR spokesman refused to commment on political and other
implications of the conduct of Russian soldiers, adding that this
issue should be solved between NATO and Moscow.
A spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)in
Sarajevo, said a great number of Albanian and Moslem refugees from
Yugoslavia who have found shelter in Bosnian would like to return to
their homes. It is uncertain when they may be able to come home, the
UNHCR spokeswoman Wendy Rappeport said.
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