U.S. PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN CROATIA, BH ON USE OF PLOCE PORT UNACC

PORT UNACC $ EPTABLE - PLOCE RESIDENTS PLOCE, Sept 30 (hina) - Nobody in Ploce can accept the text of an agreement on the Bosnian Federation's access to the Adriatic Sea and the use of the Ploce Harbour proposed by a U.S. arbitration commission, a local authority representative from the central Adriatic town of Ploce said on Tuesday. The U.S. proposal was discussed by representatives of the town's authorities, the Ploce Harbour and the harbour's syndicate at a meeting held on Monday evening. According to Ploce Town Council president Ratko Giljevic, the text of the U.S proposal recalled ancient colonial times which, he said, had nothing in common with contemporary international conventions on the right to access the sea and use sea harbours. "I think no one on the Croatian side will sign the text of the proposed agreement, since that would cause dissatisfaction and rage among harbour workers, Ploce residents and the population of the Neretva river valley," Giljevic said. The Croatian negotiation delegation's representatives from Ploce went to Zagreb on Tuesday to further adjust the agreement, he added. It was agreed for the Bosnian Federation to use the Ploce Harbour during the signing of the Washington Accords on the Bosnian Federation in 1994. Numerous negotiations on the implementation of the agreement followed, but no solution to the satisfaction of both sides has been found as yet. A temporary agreement on the use of Ploce Harbour has been signed in Zagreb in May 1996. (hina) ha jn 301903 MET sep 97