MOSTAR'S REUNIFICATION DELAYED 'DE FACTO'<br />


MOSTAR'S REUNIFICATION DELAYED 'DE FACTO'

  • 18-01-1996 16:15:00   | Armenia  |  World News
MOSTAR, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Jan 18 (AFP) - The January 20 deadline for the reunification of Mostar has been "de facto" postponed, a spokesman for the city's EU administrator said Wednesday. The Saturday deadline "has already been de facto put back," Dragan Gasic, said, adding however that freedom of movement within the divided city must be absolutely guaranteed by January 28 at the latest. This date was set last Sunday during a visit to Mostar by German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, who announced a two-week "moratorium" during which EU administrator Hans Koschnick would be designated as an "arbitrator." When the divided city was placed under EU administration in July 1994, the administrator was given no coercive power over Mostar's citizens and was mandated only to make suggestions or offer assistance. Under the Dayton peace accords for Bosnia signed last month, the city's two police forces were to unite by Saturday as the first stage of Mostar's total reunification. gd/job AFP /AA1234/171458 GMT JAN 96
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