REBEL SERBS STOP PREPARATIONS FOR REOPENING RAILWAY LINE

NOVSKA, Feb 9 (Hina) - Serbs from the occupied areas would respect all agreements so far reached on the reopening of the Zagreb- Lipovac highway and oil pipeline under the December 2 Economic Agreement, but they stopped implementing all other agreements and activities that had begun in line with the Agreement, a spokeswoman for UNPROFOR in UNPA West, Susan Manuel, today said. This meant that preparations for the reopening of the railway line section through UNPA West and for the reopening of the water supply system for Pakrac would not be carried out for the time being. At the press conference in the Jordanian UN base, which had been attended by journalists from the occupied towns of Okucani (UNPA West), and Banja Luka (northwest Bosnia) for the first time, Susan Manuel said she had been informed of these decisions at her meeting with local Serb in Okucani this morning. The Serbs rejected a request of the displaced persons to visit their homes in the occupied areas, as the Serbs from UNPA West had already been allowed to visit Novska and Nova Gradiska, Manuel said. (hina) jn mms 092042 MET feb 95