UNPROFOR BLOCKS BUKOVCANSKA STREET IN LIPIK

PAKRAC, Oct 2 (Hina) - Members of the UN Jordanian battalion yesterday blocked the Bukovcanska Street in Lipik near the Croatian police check-point on the road towards Donji Caglic, requesting that the Croatian police should leave the area around the Street, including a check-point near the petrol station. Representatives of the local authorities today held talks behind closed doors with UN Commander in Sector West General Saraj Raj Sharma and civil affairs co-ordinator Husein Al Alfi. According to Croatian civil affairs co-ordinator for Sector West, Vladimir Delac, the Croatian side rejected the UNPROFOR request because the check-point was included in an agreement between the Croatian Government and the UNPROFOR command. Croatian police will remain to control the area in the conformity with the order of the Interior Ministry. Since the UNPROFOR do not accept such a solution, negotiations will be resumed at a higher level, said Delac. (Hina) ks 022036 MET oct 94