ZAGREB, March 29 (Hina) - US Ambassador to Croatia, Peter
Galbraith, said yesterday the United States supported Croatia's
"reasonable" demand that its name should be included in the name
of the new UN mandate.
Speaking in a Croatian TV current affairs show last night,
Galbraith said the main issue was how to emphasise Croatian
sovereignty over its borders in the new mandate.
"We are working on a formula that would meet that basic
condition - maybe it will be a little different from Minister
Granic's formula, but it will be directed at the same goal,"
Galbraith said.
He recalled that a border control provision already existed
in the Vance Plan, which had been accepted by the Serb side.
"I hope that troops that will be monitoring the
international borders will be able to perform that task (prevent
military transports)," Galbraith said.
"But it will require the cooperation of the Serb side,
because UN forces won't be able to use military force to stop
transports," he warned.
He said five to seven thousand men were not sufficient to
effectively seal a border stretching for hundreds and hundreds of
miles.
But according to Galbraith, the Serb side would eventually
come round because "it was in their interest to cooperate," if
they wanted to have some kind of international presence in
Croatia.
The international presence was important for Croatia,
because it opened a space for seeking a peaceful solution and
enabled Croatia to turn to its economy.
"But it is even more important for the Serbs because
it guarantees that there will be no military actions," he
elaborated.
"I am sure that the Serb side will realise that such control
is in their interest, because it entails international presence,"
Galbraith concluded.
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