TELEPHONE SERVICES BETWEEN CRO DANUBE AREA AND FRY PROVIDED VIA ZA GREB

GREB ZAGREB, July 10 (Hina) - Telephone services between the UN-administrated eastern Croatian area and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia are provided through the international switchboard in Zagreb as of Thursday. One should use the international code 381 if they want to telephone from the Croatian Danube area to FR Yugoslavia. Under an agreement with the UN Transitional Administrator for the Croatian Danube area, the Croatian Post and Telecommunications (HPT) took over responsibility for providing post and telecommunication services in the Croatian Danube area on May 9, 1997, said a statement released by the HPT. According to the agreement, the HPT has undertaken commitment to direct telephone lines between the UN-administrated Croatian area and the FR Yugoslavia via the international switchboard in Zagreb toward the international switchboard in Belgrade. Prices of telephone calls will be harmonised with prices of other calls between Croatia and FRY until October 10, 1997. According to the agreement, on July 10 the HPT severed telephone lines between Beli Manastir and the two towns in Vojvodina, Sombor and Novi Sad, as well as lines between Vukovar and Novi Sad and Belgrade. HPT has doubled the number of wires between Croatia and Yugoslavia in both directions in recent days. (hina) mm mš 101700 MET jul 97