CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT IN KARLOVAC AREA

KARLOVAC, Nov 14 (Hina) - At the encouragement and in the presence of the UN Protection Force in Sector North, representatives of the Croatian Army command and the Police Department in Karlovac met with representatives of the Serb rebel authorities at the confrontation line in the Karlovac suburb of Turanj on Sunday afternoon. They agreed on a cease-fire, which is to take effect as of noon on 15 November. If the cease-fire was honoured, it would be possible for UNPROFOR, EC monitors and relief convoys to use a road through Turanj, which has been closed to traffic over the last two months, and the exchange of family parcels and letters would also resume. The Croatian Army commander in the Karlovac region, Brigadier Pavao Miljevac, told reporters that today's talks centred only on the implementation of the cease-fire agreement and not on political issues. A joint commission to supervise the cease-fire is to meet tomorrow. 141808 MET nov 93