200 MOSLEMS VISIT STOLAC

STOLAC/MOSTAR, May 25 (Hina) - Two hundred Moslems from Stolac who are now living in Mostar on Saturday arrived in Stolac to visit their homes. The visit was agreed on by the Moslem and Croat sides. They started the trip from eastern Mostar by busses which were accompanied by the Herzeg-Bosnian police, IFOR troops, International police, UNCHR, European monitors and officials of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The trip went well and vas well organized. #L# The Moslems first stopped in the village of Gorica on the outskirts of Stolac, where they visited their homes, after that they went to Stolac. Before they had left Mostar, the Croat police checked their identification cards and the list of people who had been announced to make the visit. There were no incidents or protest from the Moslem side, but it was established that 290 Moslems had been transported by four busses. It had been previously agreed that 200 persons be taken to Stolac and international police and Croat police representatives had agreed that the agreement had to be respected, head of the convoy security and head of the police department in the west Mostar police administration, Frano Doko, said. The Moslems assented to the return of 90 persons who may visit Stolac on Sunday. Groups of Moslems from Stolac were announced to visit their home town on Monday and Tuesday as well. (hina) lm mm 251555 MET may 96