BOSNIAN SERBS INTRODUCE VISAS FOR YUGOSLAVIA'S CROATS, MOSLEMS

SARAJEVO, June 22 (Hina) - Bosnian Serb authorities have introduced visa requirements for the Croat and Moslem citizens of Yugoslavia when entering Serb-controlled territory in Bosnia- Herzegovina. UNHCR spokesman Kris Janowski said in Sarajevo on Saturday that the UNHCR had been informed that Croats and Moslems were required to have visas to enter the Bosnian Serb entity. Visas would be issued by "Republika Srpska" offices in Belgrade and Podgorica, he added. As of Thursday, non-Serb men aged between 16 and 60 had not been allowed into the Bosnian Serb entity. Janowski described such a decision as absurd and unacceptable. The UNHCR had failed to reach Serb authorities at Pale to explain the move, the spokesman said, adding that there had been no official response from the Belgrade government. Janowski recalled that restrictions on movement across Serb- held territory had existed before but that such measures had never been published officially. It was not clear how Bosnian Serb authorities would treat Croats and Moslems who were not Yugoslav citizens. (hina) vm 221322 MET jun 96