BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA: UNITED NATIONS (U.N) ARMOURED PERSONNEL CONVOY PASS THROUGH SERB ARMY CHECKPOINT AT LAPISNICA

Record ID: 337685

  • Title: BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA: UNITED NATIONS (U.N) ARMOURED PERSONNEL CONVOY PASS THROUGH SERB ARMY CHECKPOINT AT LAPISNICA
  • Date: 28th October 1995
  • Summary: LAPISNICA, NORTH-EAST OF SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (OCTOBER 28, 1995) (RTV ACCESS ALL) 1. GV FROM CHECKPOINT TOWARDS HILL WHERE BOSNIAN SERB ARMY BARRACKS ARE LOCATED (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. LV/SLV UNITED NATIONS ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER AND VEHICLE PASSING THROUGH CHECKPOINT 0.31 3. SLV/SV/PAN BOSNIAN SERB SOLDIERS STANDING AT CHECKPOINT AND WATCHING U.N. VEHICLES PASS THROUGH (7 SHOTS) 1.32 4. GV CHECKPOINT BUILDING WITH JET VAPOUR TRAILS IN THE SKY ABOVE IT (2 SHOTS) 1.42 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 12th November 1995 12:00
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  • Location: LAPISNICA, NORTH-EAST OF SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  • Reuters ID: LVAB3RX4CFQ60205O9RRF1J90EV0
  • Story Text: A civilian convoy scheduled to drive from Sarajevo to Gorazde under the escort of French United Nations (U.N.) peacekeepers was cancelled on Saturday (October 28), when no trucks turned up at rendezvous point in the morning.

    However, French and Russian United Nations armoured vehicles at the Bosnian Serb checkpoint in Lapisnica did drive off in the direction of Gorazde.

    Serb sources said French peacekeepers were to provide armed escort while Russian troops were in charge of communications.

    Under a ceasefire agreement that took effect on October 12, both sides are to allow full freedom of movement to civilians.

    Putting it into practice is fraught with difficulty, however.

    A schedule of escorted convoys is planned for the next few days, including one on Sunday with buses carrying civilians.

    One convoy arrived unhampered on Friday on the road to the west, running through Serb-held areas for the first time since the war began 42 months ago.

    Since the siege began in April 1992, civilian traffic has turned off the road at Tarcin and negotiated over a rough track across Mount Igman, often under fire from Serb guns.


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