BOSNIAN SERBS BEGIN TO DESTROY WEAPONS

SARAJEVO, Nov 20 (Hina) - The Bosnian Serb armed force on Wednesday should begin to destroy their weapons for the second time. They are expected to destroy the weapons under the Vienna agreement on the arms control in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the Republic of Croatia. The pact envisages that Bosnian Serb will reduce their weapons to 60 percent of quantity they have currently. A spokesman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) mission in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo said that three countries should reduce their weaponry by 40 percent by December 1, 1996, in line with the Vienna agreement. Spokesman Johan Verhayden added that the deadline would not likely to be met. According to him, Bosnian Serbs will destroy weapons by December 20 in the military barracks of Kozara in Banja Luka and in Karakaja. The arms destruction will be overseen by representatives of the governments of the Republic of Croatia and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as well as by two British IFOR officers. (hina) jn mš 201319 MET nov 96