CANTONAL POLICE FORCE BEING ESTABLISHED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY

TRAVNIK, Aug 11 (Hina) - The process of establishing a joint Croat-Moslem police force in the Central Bosnia canton is running without difficulty in full compliance with an agreement signed by the head and deputy head of the canton in Sarajevo on August 5, deputy cantonal interior minister Fabijan Trbara said on Monday. "We are working very hard and very professionally to meet the set deadlines and to do the job for the benefit of the whole canton," Trbara said. He said that the cantonal ministry would begin operating from its seat in Travnik on August 18 and that the canton would have a 1,059-strong professional police force by August 30. Trbara said that the ministry was currently dealing with problems such as internal organisation. He added that identical uniforms had already been prepared for Croat and Moslem police officers. (hina) vm 111745 MET aug 97