UN HOLDS BOSNIAC SIDE RESPONSIBLE FOR INCIDENT IN ILIDJA

SARAJEVO, March 12 (Hina) - Preventing Croat policemen from entering Ilidja is a drastic violation of a previous agreement, for which the Bosniac side is responsible, UN spokesman in Sarajevo Aleksandar Ivanko said on Tuesday. International police commissioner Peter Fitzgerald made protests to Bosniac officials regarding the incident. #L# "Although Interior Minister Avdo Hebib and his deputy Jozo Leutar agreed that nine Croat policemen from Kiseljak be included in the Federal police force which was to enter Ilidja, the agreement was not respected because a high ranking official from Sarajevo requested that policemen from Kiseljak replace their blue uniforms with green ones," Ivanko said. The Bosniac contingent had told the Croat policemen that their safety could not be guaranteed if they entered Ilidja in their blue uniforms, Ivanko said. He added that this incident seemed minor, but could have serious consequences. "The future of the Bosnian Federation could become uncertain because of such incidents. If smaller agreements can be violated this easily, then greater ones could be called into question," Ivanko warned. (hina) lm mm 122004 MET mar 96