HEAVY ARMS IN UNPA SECTOR WEST STILL UNDER UNPROFOR CONTROL

PAKRAC, March 7 (Hina) - Although the Serb side had suspended the continuation of implementing the Economic Agreement, a meeting of experts was scheduled to be held this week on continuing preparations for reopening the Zagreb-Tovarnik railway line through Sector West, a spokeswoman for UNPROFOR, Susan Manuel, today said at a regular press conference in Pakrac. After UNPROFOR checked that the railway line had been demined inside UNPA as well, the repair works would be undertaken. The works would cost 20 million dollars, added Manuel not saying who would pay the costs. The cease-fire was frequently being violated, and both sides prepared themselves for possible conflict. However, the cease-fire breaches were minor and presented isolated cases, and, in contrary to other UNPA sectors, the heavy weaponry in UNPA Sector West was still under control of UNPROFOR, she said. Asked about the Serb population's response to the last week's delivering of the Croatian citizenship certificates to three residents from the occupied areas, Manuel said the Serb police in Okucani claimed that those three men had been beaten up in Zagreb and forced to sign the requests for the Croatian citizenship certificates. The men were now in the prison in Stara Gradiska (occupied area), being accused of leaving the occupied area without clearance. At the Pakrac press-conference the superintendent of Bjelovar- Bilogora Police today reiterated that all Serbs from the occupied Croatian areas could freely come to the unoccupied areas of Croatia. (hina) jn mms 071732 MET mar 95