U.N. AND CROATIAN POLICE OPEN CHECKPOINT IN DONJI CAGLIC

DONJI CAGLIC, Nov 16 (Hina) - UNPROFOR and Croatian police opened a checkpoint today at 8am in Donji Caglic near Lipik, UNPROFOR spokesman in Sector West Moh'd Otiashat said. The joint checkpoint was set up in line with an October 28 agreement between UNPROFOR and Croatian authorities. Under the agreement, Croatian police would check Croatian vehicles while UN peacekeepers would check UNPROFOR's. Croatian police are allowed to patrol the entire Bukovcanska Street. But, according to UNPROFOR spokeswoman Susan Manuel, Croatian police would only conduct patrols 500 m into the street for security reasons. The opening of the checkpoint would facilitate further reconstruction of displaced persons' destroyed and damaged houses in the street. Manuel said reconstruction was delayed until after today's official opening of the checkpoint. (hina) mm sd vm 161058 MET nov 94