SFOR COOPERATION CENTRE PRESENTED IN MOSTAR

MOSTAR, Sept 14 (Hina) - The SFOR centre for cooperation between the NATO-led Stabilisation Force, international organisations and local authorities in Mostar was presented on Sunday to reporters on the occasion of Bosnia municipal elections. The purpose of the centre, situated in the command of SFOR South-East multinational division at the airport of Ortijes, was to take together decisions on an SFOR intervention in case of serious incidents during the balloting, the centre's head, General Antionio Lombardo said. He added that that centre consisted of SFOR officers and officials of international police, OSCE, the European Union, the UNHCR, the High Representative's office, as well as of representatives of Moslem (Bosniak) and Croat peoples from the Federation and the Bosnian Serb entity. According to him, if an intervention was necessary, an SFOR helicopter would carry to a hot spot SFOR and OSCE members and a representative of the people that controls the area where the incident might happen. The head of the Mostar regional office of the international High Representative to Bosnia, Martin Garrod said he was pleased with the support SFOR was offering to his office. (hina) mš 141442 MET sep 97