CROATIAN INTERIOR MINISTER VISITS U.N. CHECKPOINT AT NEMETIN

OSIJEK, Aug 4 (Hina) - Croatian Interior Minister Ivan Jarnjak visited today a checkpoint at Nemetin, U.N. Sector East, where he held talks with representatives of the Association of Croatia's Displaced Persons on a nationwide refugee blockade at UNPROFOR checkpoints. Minister Jarnjak noted that the Croatian government, and police in particular, would consistently carry out their commitments concerning the control of the seven official crossings into U.N. Protected Areas. He stressed that no additional checkpoint would be opened without consent of the Association of the Displaced Persons. According to Minister Jarnjak, both Croatian policemen and UNPROFOR members are to receive the same instruction about the control of vehicles which transport goods into Croatia's occupied areas, so that possible incidents might be prevented during control. The UNPROFOR commander in Croatia, Jordanian General Ghazi Tayib came to the checkpoint at Nemetin during today's meeting of Minister Jarnjak and representatives of Croatia's refugees. (hina) mar mm 041519 MET aug 94