BOSNIAN SERBS PREVENT FRENCH OFFICIAL FROM VISITING KUPLENSKO

KUPLENSKO, Feb 18 (Hina) - Bosnian Serbs on Sunday prevented a French humanitarian official from visiting a Moslem-held town in northwestern Bosnia and a refugee camp in Croatia, the UNHCR said. The head of the UNHCR mission in the Kuplensko refugee camp in Croatia, Alesandra Morelli, said on Sunday that Bosnian Serb authorities in Banja Luka did not allow the French Secretary of State for humanitarian issues, Xavier Emmanuellio, to visit the town of Velika Kladusa and Kuplensko. Emmanuellio is currently on a four-day visit to Bosnia- Herzegovina. On Sunday he visited the northern town of Banja Luka from where was planning to travel to Velika Kladusa and Kuplensko but was prevented by the Banja Luka authorities. About 8,000 Moslem refugees from Velika Kladusa are currently staying in the Kuplensko camp, Morelli said. (hina) vm 181608 MET feb 96