FERRY SERVICE OVER SAVA BETWEEN CROATIA, BOSNIA TO START BY NOV 15

SLAVONSKI BROD, Oct 20 (Hina) - A commission for implementing the Croatian-Bosnian agreement on border crossings on Wednesday decided to open a temporary ferry border crossing over the Sava river about ten kilometres west of Slavonski Brod (Croatia) and Bosanski Brod (Bosnia-Herzegovina). The ferry service between the villages of Migalovci in Croatia and Sijekovci in Bosnia should start operating by November 15 at the latest, it was agreed at today's meeting in Slavonski Brod. The meeting was attended by representatives from the ministries of economy, interior affairs and customs services from Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Republika Srpska as well as by representatives from the Office of the High Representative and an association of returnees from the northern Bosnian region of Posavina. The commission adopted the decision because there is not a single bridge border crossing over the Sava from Zupanja to Stara Gradiska. Another reason for the decision is that traffic on all crossings is too dense and that reconstruction works on the bridge near Slavonski Brod linking Croatia with Bosnia will not be completed soon. (hina) rml