IZETBEGOVIC DEMANDS URGENT REOPENING OF SARAJEVO AIRPORT

SARAJEVO, May 11 (Hina) - Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic today sent a letter to UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali demanding an immediate end to the blockade of Sarajevo airport and the resettlement of Serb population from western Slavonia into the Serb-held areas of northwestern Bosnia. This was a joint demand of the Presidency and Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Izetbegovic said. The letter came ahead of a meeting of the UN Secretary General and UNPROFOR officials in the former Yugoslavia, scheduled for tomorrow in Paris. The Bosnian government also demanded that the UN lift the blockade of a road via Mount Igman so as to break a stranglehold on the Bosnian capital. Ghali was reminded of the fact that western Slavonia Serbs were crossing into Bosnia with UN logistic support and that this illegal action was followed by the expulsion of Croats and Muslims from the occupied areas of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Izetbegovic also reminded Ghali that the lack of response to the latest Serb attack on the Sarajevo safe area, which killed 10 people, encouraged Serb troops to continue attacks on civilians elsewhere in Bosnia-Herzegovina. (hina) mm rm vm 112100 MET may 95