SITUATION IN TURANJ IS GETTING WORSE

KARLOVAC, Sep 7 (Hina) - A meeting between UNPROFOR Commander for UNPA North General Jozeph Chmiel and assistant to the Croatian Interior Minister Mladen Markac was held today in Karlovac (50 km S. of Zagreb) behind closed doors. The talks focused on the situation in Turanj (a suburb of Karlovac) and on the Plitvicka road, where Moslem refugees from Velika Kladusa have been stranded for 17 days already, said Markac. The Croatian party requested that UNPROFOR should be more responsible regarding the problem on the refugees in the so-called blue zone, i.e. to establish the situation in the zone as it was before the refugees' arrival. If UNPROFOR solves the problem on the refugees tomorrow, the Croatian police will immediately lift a blockade from the Plitvicka road, stressed Markac. General Chmiel said that the UNHCR had competence in solving the problem. The situation in Turanj is getting worse. Infectious diseases are registered mostly among children, said the Karlovac medical center. (hina) ks 071759 MET sep 94