REBEL SERBS WON'T TALK IF UN PEACE KEEPERS LEAVE CROATIA

ZADAR, Jan 25 (Hina) - Talks on the implementation of the December 2 Economic Agreement were to continue in Knin on Friday between Croatian government and Serb authorities from the occupied Croatian areas, UN Sector South Spokesman said at a Zadar press conference today. The talks would focused on reopening the railway lines from Zagreb through UNPA West to Tovarnik and from Zagreb through UNPA South to Split, he said. Regarding the Croatian President Franjo Tudjman's decision to end UNPROFOR's mandate, Roberts wondered how Croatia's occupied areas could be peacefully reintegrated and how the Zagreb-Lipovac highway would be supervised without UNPROFOR's deployment. Roberts conveyed to reporters the Knin authorities' position that they would refuse to negotiate with the Croatian government if UNPROFOR left. But they would continue economic cooperation. UNPROFOR was to reinforce control over the villages of Bruska and Rodaljice where only 31 Croats remained, Roberts said adding the UN Canadian battalion was to introduce soon the round-the-clock police patrols in the area. (hina) jn rv 251811 MET jan 95