AGREEMENT ON BORDER-CROSSING IN U.N.-ADMINISTERED AREA SIGNED IN Z

Z $ AGREB ZAGREB, 19 Dec (Hina) - Croatian and Hungarian government representatives and representatives of the U.N. Transitional Administration in Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES) on Thursday signed an agreement on the opening of a border-crossing between Hungary and a part of Croatia which is under U.N. transitional administration, a statement from the Government's public relations office said. According to the agreement, the border-crossing will be used for transport of goods and passage through the U.N.-administered area to other parts of Croatia. The border-crossing Knezevo-Udvar will be opened at the beginning of January 1997. According to the statement, the opening of the border-crossing will secure the passage of freight vehicles with Croatian license plates through Baranja (northern part of the U.N.-administered area), for the first time since the occupation of that part of Croatia. (hina) rm jn 191447 MET dec 96