FINAL AGREEMENT ON TROOP DISENGAGEMENT IN SECTOR EAST NOT SIGNED

OSIJEK, April 8 (Hina) - Croatian government and local Serb authorities on Friday failed to sign a final agreement on withdrawing their respective military forces for a thousand metres on either side of the front line in UN Sector East. The two sides disagreed on the issue of shifting separation lines running through certain villages. The UNPROFOR-sponsored talks were held for three consecutive days at an UNPROFOR check point near the village of Sarvas in eastern Croatia. The Croatian army commander in the Osijek military district, Major Djuro Decak, told reporters after three hours of talks that the joint commission would reconvene next Tuesday. 081806 MET apr 94