CROATIAN BORDER POLICE NOT RESPECTING INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS - MOORE

- MOORE ( Editorial: --> 0207 ) MOSTAR, June 10 (Hina) - If vehicles with invalid registration plates and driver's licences from Bosnia-Herzegovina continue entering Croatia, special talks on introduction of measures will be held with the Office of the High Representative (OHR), UN spokeswoman in Mostar Kelly Moore told a press conference on Wednesday. Moore did not comment on the nature of the measures. She expressed regret that the Croatian border police were letting through vehicles from Bosnia with invalid plates and driver's licences, adding that the Croatian police were not respecting commitments from international law. The International Police Task Force (IPTF) have increased patrols on border crossings between the Croat-Muslim Federation of BH and Croatia. Moore said she learned yesterday from the media that the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton police had informed drivers that they could also apply for internationally recognised driver's licences and registration plates in the canton. The internationally recognised licences have titles in both the Latin and Cyrillic scripts while joint registration plates for the whole country are without national symbols. If this is true, we welcome the issuing of legal driver's licences, Moore said. (hina) rml /mbr 101530 MET jun 98