SFOR INTRODUCES NEW MEASURES FOR MILITARY STABILITY IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, 17 Jan (Hina) - The Stabilisation Force (SFOR) command in Bosnia decided to provide additional measures to facilitate the implementation of the military part of the Dayton peace agreement and effective control of weapons in both Bosnian entities. #L# The number of warehouses in which it was allowed to hold heavy weapons would be considerably reduced by the end of the year, SFOR spokesman Tony White said in Sarajevo on Friday. By 15 February, all sides would have to report on weapons they had not reported on yet and put it under control of NATO soldiers, White said. General Roderick Cordy-Simpson, deputy to the SFOR chief commander for military operations, on Friday called a meeting in the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza between generals Zivko Budimir, Rasim Delic and Pero Colic, in order to present them with new requests. There would be no negotiations whatsoever about those measures and requests, White said. It will be demanded from the commanders of the three armies to finally start removing more than six million mines that had been laid in the region during the war. (hina) rm 171345 MET jan 97