SARAJEVO, Feb 9 (Hina) - IFOR representatives in Sarajevo said Friday that the NATO mission was running smoothly as there were no signs that the Serbs have cut off contacts with IFOR as had been announced by the Serb army commander,
Ratko Mladic.
SARAJEVO, Feb 9 (Hina) - IFOR representatives in Sarajevo said
Friday that the NATO mission was running smoothly as there were no
signs that the Serbs have cut off contacts with IFOR as had been
announced by the Serb army commander, Ratko Mladic. #L#
"We do not contact people suspected of committing war crimes,
so we do not think it is necessary to answer Mladic's messages,"
said IFOR spokesman, Simon Haselock, stressing that so far, not one
planned IFOR activity had been cancelled.
On Thursday Mladic cut off all contacts with IFOR and the
Bosnian authorities in response to apprehension of two Serb
officers. He also issued a ban to prevent all civilians from
passing to the area of the Bosnian Federation through Serb-held
territory.
Media in Sarajevo reported a number of passenger-molestation
cases at the access roads to Sarajevo, including car-jacking and
battering of people.
The media also informed that four such cases had been noted
last night in Kobiljaca, a section of road between Sarajevo and
Kiseljak.
IFOR representatives could not confirm this today, although it
had been reported as true by foreign reporters who had been
travelling on this road.
IFOR spokesman, Mark Rayner said that NATO troops would
certainly react to cases of open violence against civilians.
In Sarajevan suburbs, where the Serb police is still situated,
the number of IFOR patrols has been enlarged for the time being.
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