CROATIAN ARMY COMPLIES WITH CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT, SPOKESMAN SAYS

ZADAR, April 14 (Hina) - Croatian Army spokesman Major Ivan Zelic reiterated in an interview with Hina on Thursday that the Croatian army had met all commitments relative to the implementation of the second stage of the cease-fire agreement and that it had withdrawn its troops to the line of disengagement in UN Sector South. He emphasized that allegations made by UNPROFOR officials at a Zadar press conference yesterday, that the second stage had not yet been implemented in full, could not apply to the Croatian army. "I categorically assert that Croatian army troops have withdrawn," Zelic said. Zelic stressed Croatian forces did not open fire around Kasic, a village in the Zadar hinterland, two days ago as they had pulled out of the area in keeping with the March 29 cease-fire agreement. 141227 MET apr 94