COMMISSION FOR ARMS REDUCTION CONTROL MEETS IN VIENNA ( Editorial: --> 2493 )

( Editorial: --> 2493 ) VIENNA, 20 Nov (Hina) - A sub-regional commission for consultations, in charge of following the implementation of the agreement on sub-regional arms control in former Yugoslav states signed in 1996 in Florence, met for two-day talks in Vienna Thursday. Representatives of three states and five signatories to the agreement - Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bosnia- Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Republika Srpska - adopted reports on exchanged data on arms reduction in line with Article 4 of Annex 1B of the Dayton agreement. All sides agreed that obligations concerning the first and second arms reduction stages had been fulfilled, but inspections would continue nevertheless. This is the final round of consultations of the sub-regional commission this year. The consultations are chaired by Norwegian General Vigleik Eide and held under the auspices of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Eide, who is to take up a new position, will be replaced by Italian General Carlo Jean. (hina) rm 202153 MET nov 97