SERB REBEL FORCES PULL OUT OF PRISTEG, CELNIK, SAYS UNPROFOR

ZADAR, May 5 (Hina) - The UNPROFOR command in Sector South said in a report Thursday morning that Serb forces had withdrawn from two points in the disengagement zone in the Sector - from Pristeg near Benkovac and Mount Celnik. A Serb anti-aircraft unit in the Benkovac area also pulled out to a distance of 10 km from the confrontation line. It was said that the UN secretary general's special representative for former Yugoslavia, Yasushi Akashi, would be travelling to Knin on May 9 to meet the so-called president of the breakaway Krajina region, Milan Martic. A delegation of the European Union, comprising ambassadors of Germany, Belgium and France, is also expected to visit Knin these days to encourage the resumption of peace talks between local Serb authorities and the Croatian government. The report went on to say that UNPROFOR civil police continued patrolling the disengagement area in Sector South. Yesterday, together with Croatian police, they made a joint tour of the villages of Dragisici and Gacelezi in the Sibenik hinterland. 051134 MET may 94