SARAJEVO, Feb 5 (Hina) - Representatives of the international Implementation Force (IFOR) today said that they were satisfied with the cooperation of all three Bosnian parties in the implementation of the Dayton peace agreement. IFOR
ground force commander, General Michael Walker would meet today representatives of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), Bosnian army and Bosnian Serb army in order to discuss with them the results of the withdrawal of military forces from the areas which, after February 4, should be under the control of the opposite entity, IFOR spokesman in Sarajevo, Marc Rayner, told a press conference.
SARAJEVO, Feb 5 (Hina) - Representatives of the international
Implementation Force (IFOR) today said that they were satisfied
with the cooperation of all three Bosnian parties in the
implementation of the Dayton peace agreement. IFOR ground force
commander, General Michael Walker would meet today representatives
of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), Bosnian army and Bosnian
Serb army in order to discuss with them the results of the
withdrawal of military forces from the areas which, after February
4, should be under the control of the opposite entity, IFOR
spokesman in Sarajevo, Marc Rayner, told a press conference. #L#
After the withdrawal of HVO troops from around Mrkonjic Grad
and Sipovo last Saturday, more than 4,000 Serb civilians and
several hundred policemen returned to the two towns. Some 400
Croats and Muslims left for the territory of the Federation of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rayner said, adding that the withdrawal of
military forces had been completed without any difficulties.
Warning that the parties had not released all prisoners of
war, Rayner said that IFOR could do nothing as regards that
problem. IFOR was only assisting the International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC) by providing logistic support in the release of
prisoners.
Rayner also warned that NATO commanders were not satisfied as
regards the question of freedom of movement for civilians, and
recalled that the parties did not understand the agreement on
freedom of movement in the same way.
NATO soldiers who yesterday intensified patrols in Sarajevo
suburbs, had not had any bigger interventions, but IFOR vehicles
had been attacked again. Last night, a British soldier received
light wounds from glass slivers when his vehicle came under fire on
the road between Ilidza and Kiseljak. IFOR had not identified the
attacker, Rayner said.
Since last Saturday, the Italian IFOR soldiers had been
patrolling the wider Sarajevo area. They were supported by 900
Portuguese soldiers whose base was in Rogatica, eastern Bosnia,
Rayner said.
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