USA DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO PROVIDING BOSNIAN ARMY WITH ARMS

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Hina) - USA respected a ban on the arms shipments to Bosnia-Herzegovina and did not contribute to providing Bosnia-Herzegovina's Government with weapons, a spokeswoman for US State Department, Christine Shelly, said last night. Asked whether USA knew that the Bosnian government-led forces got arms and whether USA had a hand in supplying the Bosnian troops with weapons she responded that USA did not participate in the arms shipments for the Bosnian Army, but had indications the it had been better provided. She said an open discussion was to be held on Tuesday on the American proposed draft resolution on lifting the arms embargo. Besides UN Security Council members all other UN member states could join the discussion. She declined to comment on alleged transfer of the arms for Bosnian troops through Croatia. (hina) jas mms 081134 MET nov 94