SRNA REVIEW OF DAILY NEWS, March 15, 1996

Srpska Republica News Agency (SRNA) Directory

From: Mirjana Petrovic <[email protected]>

LUKAVICA - The commander of the Serb police in Kula, Goran Sehovac, stated for SRNA that over 50 Serbs who remained in Ilidza, asked for protection from Muslim mistreatment. "The number of those seeking help is increasing because they are being subjected to Muslim attacks, mistreatment, eviction from their apartments, and nightly looting", stated Sehovac.

LUKAVICA - The Ilidza mayor, Nedjeljko Prstojevic, stated that about 12,000 Serbs from ilidza are accommodated in Lukavica, and confirmed that the Serbs who had previously decided to stay in the B-H Federation now are coming to Lukavica asking for better security.

BRCKO - Since the signing of the Dayton agreement about four thousand Sarajevans have came to Brcko, and by March 19 a new wave of some five to six thousand Sarajevans is expected to ar rive.

SARAJEVO - The minister of transport of Republika Srpska (RS), Nedeljko Laic, received today in Pale a delegation from the World Bank for talks on the development of telecommunications and its existing network.

BEOGRAD - The RS prime minister, Rajko Kasagic, considers that "the Muslims have to give up their illusions about ruling the whole of Bosnia, while the Croats must free themselves of the dream that they will have their borders on the Drina River by the year 2000". In an interview for the weekly magazine "Duga", Kasagic stated that "The RS does not see its future in Yugosla via, for Yugoslav options have no chances on the left bank of the Drina, because of the firm opinion that former Yugoslavia, as it was, sent the Serbs the largest bill for its breakup".

BANJALUKA - The British general, Michael Walker, stated that he held talks with the Banjaluka mayor, Predrag Radic, on about his intention to move the IFOR NorthWest Sector Command to this city. While elaborating on the mandate of the multinational forces, general Walker stated that the IFOR mission is clear, which means that "it will not be occupied by an open season on people".

BEOGRAD - The President of the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce, Mihajlo Milojevic, assessed the recent visit by Yugoslav econo mists to the RS as "very successful", and promised stronger ties between the economies of the two countries. At a press conference

in Belgrade, he underlined that the first and main objective of the visit was reestablishing contact and restoring cooperation.

BEOGRAD - A meeting between representatives of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) and the Catholic Church which was due to be held between 16 and 19 March in the Swiss city of San Galene was delayed by request of the SPC. In a communique, the Holy Synod said that at yesterday's session it decided, keeping in mind newlyarisen difficulties because of the tragic exodus of the Serbs from Sarajevo, to delay the meeting for better times.

MOSTAR - At a check point at the exit from Mostar, the Croat police stopped a group of 117 Muslim refugees from Capljina who went to visit the place from where the Croats expelled them at the beginning of the war, reports Muslim RadioSarajevo.

BANJALUKA - The Banjaluka mayor, Predrag Radic, director of the "Cajavec" enterprise, Slobodan Kustrinovic, and the technical director of the Banjaluka PTT, Zeljko Jungic, talked with repre sentatives of the Samsung corporation, on the continuation of their cooperation in telecommunications.

SRPSKO GORAZDE - In the Muslim part of Gorazde the conclud ing negotiations were held on repairs to the VisegradGorazde- Srbinje transmission powerline and the Serb Gorazde municipal transformer. Other than representatives of the civil authorities of the Serb and Muslim parts of Gorazde, the negotiations were attended by representatives of the RS and B-H Federation state power companies.

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