SARAJEVO, Oct 8 (Hina) - A spokesman for UNPROFOR, Herve Gourmelon,
today said that 521 Bosnian Army soldiers had withdrawn from the
Igman Mount demilitarized zone by 7 a.m. Saturday.
French peacekeepers were controlling the withdrawal of the
Bosnian troops and destroying their trenches and bunkers, Gourmelon
told journalists in Sarajevo.
He also said that some Bosnian soldiers had refused on Friday
to leave the demilitarized zone, and UNPROFOR had to comb the area
in order to be sure that no Bosnian troops remained in the woods.
President of B-H Presidency Alija Izetbegovic yesterday said
that no demilitarized zone had been established in that part of
Mount Igman, but only a UN-controlled line of disengagement had
been set between the Bosnian army and the Serb forces.
Izetbegovic said the withdrawal of the Bosnian Army soldiers
from Mounts Igman and Bjelasnica had not been carried out because
of the UNPROFOR pressure but for "military reasons".
The Sarajevo-based daily OSLOBODJENJE today carried the copy
of the agreement signed by Stjepan Siber on behalf of the Bosnian
Army and Manojlo Milovanovic on behalf of the Bosnian Serb forces
on 14 August 1993.
The agreement consists of three provisions, and the first of
them determines the disengagement line. The next provision refers
to the withdrawal of the Serb forces to the positions they occupied
before the offensive on Bjelasnica they launched on 30 July 1993.
The last provision reads that the Bosnian Army troops should not
advance from their positions to take over the areas previously left
by the Serb forces.
Commenting on the fact that no demilitarized zone and no ban
on the Bosnia Army soldiers' presence in the zone are mentioned in
the agreement UN spokeswoman Claire Grimes today said it was true
that such conditions were not explicitly written, but the spirit of
the agreement supposed them.
A press release from UN special envoy Yasushi Akashi's office
last night insisted on the Bosnian Army's withdrawal from Mounts
Igman and Bjelasnica on the ground of the 14 August 1993 agreement.
The situation in Sarajevo was still tense after Bosnian army
commandos raided a Bosnian Serb command post and neutralized it two
days ago, UN sources said.
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