BOZIC ACUSES IFOR OF VIOLATING DAYTON AGREEMENT

MOSTAR, Aug 22 (Hina) - Head of the Herzeg Bosnian Office for Relations with IFOR and other international organizations Slobodan Bozic on Thursday forwarded a letter to the head of the International Police Task Force (IPTF) Peter Fitzgerald, informing him that IFOR had been controlling traffic and people on roads around Mostar without authority since August 13. #L# Bozic stressed that IFOR's setting up checkpoints on the roads around Mostar was a violation of the Dayton Agreement and IFOR's mandate. "Under the Dayton Agreement, and IFOR's mandate, IFOR is not authorized to perform police duties except to provide protection for members of the IPTF who perform police tasks with the cooperation of the local police," Bozic said. By such actions, IFOR was beginning to deny IPTF's mandate which was the only one in charge of police duties on behalf of the international community, Bozic said. He expressed hope that Fitzgerald would exert pressure on IFOR main headquarters in order to return IFOR's mandate within the framework of its mandate. (hina) lm 221801 MET aug 96