KARADZIC'S "PEACE PROPOSAL" SUPRISES UNPROFOR

SARAJEVO, Dec 15 (Hina) - UN Protection Force officials in Sarajevo were suprised with both the latest Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's "peace proposal", and with the annoucement that former U.S. president Jimmy Carter would be included in peace talks. Karadzic's "peace proposal", revealed in phone interview with the CNN network, includes six points - among them an 'urgent cease-fire' in Sarajevo. The proposals were not discussed yesterday during talks between Karadzic and UN special envoy Yasushi Akashi, UNPROFOR's deputy chief in Bosnia, Colum Murphy said. He warned that little could be expected from Karadzic's proposals. Murphy said yesterday's talks concluded in a "suprisingly positive atmosphere". Akashi warned Karadzic if Bosnian Serbs continued to detain UN peace keepers, Akashi would recommend to the UN General Secretary that UNPROFOR troops be withdrawn from Bosnia. Bosnian Serbs agreed to guarantee free movements of UNPROFOR troops shortly after Akashi's threat. Serbs also agreeed to return stolen equipment and to clear UN flights to Sarajevo airport. Only UN aeroplanes carring UN troop members would be allowed to fly to Sarajevo, according to the current agreement, Murphy said. He said he was hopeful that this was the first step towards normalising air traffic in Sarajevo. (Hina) mar rv sd 151448 MET dec 94