UNHCR CONVOYS HALTED IN MALI PROLOG

ZAGREB, Dec 27 (Hina) - Several UNHCR convoys carrying 435 tons of humanitarian aid for Bosnia-Herzegovina were returned from the border crossing Mali Prolog, between Croatia and Bosnia- Herzegovina, yesterday, said UNHCR Spokesperson in Zagreb Alemka Lisinski today. "The Croatian bordering police did not allow the passage of our convoys without explanation," the Spokesperson said. At the same border crossing, two convoys for Tomislavgrad and Siroki Brijeg were stopped today. Only a Jablanica-bound convoy was allowed to pass, she added. The UNHCR protested with police in Metkovic. The UNHCR is surprised, but we hope that it is just a misunderstanding, said Lisinski adding that the UNHCR will send new humanitarian shipment from Metkovic to Zenica and Sarajevo. "The police of the Split-Dalmatia county has no information about halting the UNHCR convoys at the Mali Prolog border crossing," Spokesperson of the Croatian Ministry of Interior Mladen Lackovic told HINA. 271544 MET dec 93