CRATIAN ARMY ON INCIDENT IN MIKSICI

KARLOVAC, March 3 (Hina) - After their negotiations with the Serb paramilitary forces' delegation from UNPA North (the occupied area of Croatia), which had taken place at the UNPROFOR check-point at Turanj, representatives of the Croatian Army held a press- conference in Karlovac today. They told journalists that the Serb side had tried to accuse the Croatian Army of recent violations of the agreed cease-fire, but UNPROFOR representatives resolutely denied those allegations. At the negotiations in Turanj an incident at the confrontation line in Miksici on 27 February was also discussed by the two sides. That day the Croatian Army noticed a group of the Serb paramilitary soldiers approaching the mine-field near the check-point of the Croatian Army. Although the Serb paramilitary soldiers were warned not to go further, they continued to approach to the position of the Croatian Army. Instead of surrendering to the Croatian Army, the Serb terrorists opened fire. The Croatian Army was forced to return fire, and one Serb paramilitary soldier was killed in that clash, according to today's press-conference of the Croatian Army representatives in Karlovac. 032010 MET mar 94