(9 Oct 1995) T/I: 10:54:59
The Bosnian government announced in Sarajevo on Monday (9/10) that
it will postpone the implementation of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire
in Bosnia because conditions for such a move had not been met. The
decision was announced by a spokesman for the Bosnian foreign
ministry Hasan Huratovic. The government said it was delaying the
ceasefire because basic utilities had not yet been restored to
Sarajevo. The restoration of water, electricity and gas supplies
to the capital had been one of the conditions for the ceasefire,
agreed to by the warring factions last week in US-brokered talks.
The ceasefire had been due to come into force at midnight (2300
GMT) on Monday. The Bosnian government also condemned the Serbs
for carrying out artillery attacks on Bosnian civilians.
Huratovic said he welcomed NATO airstrikes against the Serbs but
added: "We don't think they retaliated in ways that they should
have done."
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SARAJEVO, BOSNIA 9/10
SOT Hasan Huratovic in english, "We waited for airstrikes since
yesterday and this is good that they did something, although we
don't think they retaliated in ways that they should have done,
because this was probably the biggest attack on civilians in the
whole war."
"This is pure terrorism and NATO must have shown that this will
not be tolerated."
(Inaudible question)
"Not really because there is clear agreement about the ceasefire
and we will stick to the agreement."
"There will be no ceasefire because nearly none of the conditions
have been met by now; major conditions are gas and we are very
surprised with the Russian federation, because we agreed to
everything on the second and third of this month.
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