CHECKING OF MILITARY REPORTS IN BOSNIA STARTS SUCCESSFULLY

SARAJEVO, March 13 (Hina) - Officials of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) described as successful the beginning of implementation of the part of the peace agreement on arms control in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ambassador Istvan Gyarmati, who is heading a special working group for the implementation of the agreement signed in Vienna on January 26, which obliges all Bosnian parties to report on their weapons and allow that their reports be checked, today said that first successful checks had already been made. #L# 'There are still some small difficulties, because it is necessary to overcome mutual distrust and psychological obstacles, but the process has begun and it has begun successfully', Gyarmati told a press conference in Sarajevo. 'There will be some 50 checks in both entities in the next three months, and data provided by the parties will be checked by teams of OSCE experts and in the presence of representatives of all three parties in Bosnia- Herzegovina', Gyarmati added. According to the already accepted procedure, inspection teams will announce their arrival six hours before the checking. 'Of course, it is possible to hide weapons within that time, but I assure you that experienced experts working for us can easily detect any attempt at deceit', Gyarmati said. Commenting on the possibility that a new arms-race in Bosnia- Herzegovina could start, Gyarmati said that the international community was doing all it could to convince the parties that it would not be to the benefit of any of the sides. 'It is important that training and arming programs in this region be public', Gyarmati said, adding that the announced programs of help to the Federation's armed forces would not jeopardize the arms control since they referred to systems of defence. (hina) rm mm 131812 MET mar 96