AIR CORRIDORS ABOVE BOSNIA TO OPEN SOON

SARAJEVO, March 6 (Hina) - Civil air traffic by international routes above the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina should be soon restored, with control of flight controls from Zagreb and Belgrade. A spokesman for SFOR in Sarajevo, Andrew Saddleton, on Thursday said such a decision was a result of Wednesday's meeting in Brussels, at an initiative of the European organisation for flight controls and the international organisation for civil aviation. At the session an agreement was reached on the re-opening of air corridors above Bosnia-Herzegovina for civil air traffic. Representatives of SFOR and local flight controls in Zagreb as well as in Belgrade signed an interim agreement, Saddleton said. According to him, civil aircraft are currently not allowed to use corridors above Bosnia and they have to make detours. A spokesman for SFOR said that air corridors above Bosnia would open for traffic during this year, as soon as some technical details were been agreed on. Saddleton could not answer the question whether Bosnian authorities' representatives had been included in reaching the agreement. According to the SFOR spokesman, Bosnia's civil aviation management is the only international recognised subject in the country for negotiations on such issues, but Bosnian Serb entity's representatives have not yet been included in its work. (hina) mm mš 061407 MET mar 97