DISPLACED PERSONS TURN AWAY RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AT U.N. CROSSING

OSIJEK, Aug 2 (Hina) - The Association of Displaced Persons said in a statement on Tuesday evening they denied passage for Russian Ambassador Leonid Kerestedjiantz to enter UN Sector East at the Nemetin checkpoint invoking the July 27 agreement between the Croatian government and the Association under which Sector East could be entered at a UN checkpoint in Nustar. The Russian ambassador was going to visit Russian UN peacekeepers deployed in Sector East. He applied for permission through the Croatian Government Office for UNPROFOR. (hina) vm 022104 MET aug 94