HERZEGOVINA-NERETVA CANTON JOINT POLICE TO BE ESTABLISHED BY 5 JUL Y - IVANKO

Y - IVANKO SARAJEVO, June 20 (Hina/Habena/BHP) - UN spokesman in BH Aleksandar Ivanko on Friday positively assessed yesterday's meeting of top officials of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton's Interior Ministry, also attended by representatives of the International Police Task Force, due to an agreement reached concerning activities to be undertaken in order to establish a joint cantonal police by 5 July, Bosnian Croat news agency Habena said on Friday. The Interior Ministry of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton must start working by 26 June, Ivanko told reporters in Sarajevo today, adding that by this time all policemen must have joint identification cards and uniforms. Six police departments would be established in the Mostar area on 27 June, while police departments in Rama/Prozor, Konjic and Jablanica would be established on 2 July, and those in Neum, Stolac, Capljina and Citluk on 4 July, Ivanko said. On 7 July the IPTF would start a course for policemen of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Ivanko concluded. (hina) ha 201934 MET jun 97