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Serbs begin exodus from Sarajevo suburbs

NATO pressing Balkan leaders to stick to their pact
ROME. Feb 18: In an epl logue to the Dayton peace talks, NATQ commanders and international negotiators are pressing Balkan leaders to stick to their pact, reports AP.
Failure could mean crisis, said Carl Bildt, the top civilian official overseeing the stalled peace process.
"If the political process is stalled, then we'are in a very difficult situation/' said Bildt, a former Swedish prime minister.
Despite the heavy stakes, hours of closed-door meetings at the Italian foreign ministry Saturday apparently failed to bring tangible progress. Talks were to continue Sunday.
"It is just too early to tell how we are doing," Richard Holbrooke. US assistant secre , tary of state, said after the meeting. "Nothing has been agreed upon and nothipg has been rejected."
He nastily arranged the weekend summit — the first major International conference on Bosnia sirye the peace pact was signed in December — in the hope that the same high-pressure tactics used to forge
the accord could help save ft.
Problems had always been anticipated, said Holbrooke, blaming challenges on the local level and ambiguities In the agreement.
At the heart of the rancor are unification of Sarajevo and Mostar —cities still divided along ethnic lines — and debate over the procedure on arresting accused war criminals. Another sticking point is the diparming of militias and foreign fighters.
Also on the agenda is likely to be the continued authority of Bosnian Serb military leader Gen. Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb political leader, both indicted on suspicion of war crimes.
Serbs cut relaUons with the NATO-led military force and other international monitors after the Bosnian government arrested two Serb officers and extradited them to the international war crimes tribunal In The Hague.
The war crime* tribunal said It is drafting guidelines on detaining suspects. NATO commanders have offered pro-
tection to war crime investigators. but will not seek out suspects.
As for the still-divided cities. Sarajevo Serbs are supposed to hand over their five city districts to the Muslim-led government by March 19. Tens of thousands have vowed to flee rather than face rule by an enemy they fear will seek retribution for 3 half years of siege and bombardment of government-held Sarajevo.
The three Balkan leaders — Bosnia's president Alija Izetbe govic and his counterparts Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia and Franjo Tudjman of Croatia —were Joined by European representatives and NATO brass, including the alliance's top man in Bosnia. US Adm Leighton Smith, and its overall commander. US Gen. George Joulwan.
Both Milosevic and Tudjman arrived in Rome saying they hoped to reach agreement. fzetbegovic , had no comment.
Meanwhile, US troops moved to seize up to 60 heavy weapons that violate the Bosnian peace accord while
Serbs began an organised exodus from their Sarajevo neighborhoods. fearing retribution from the Muslim-led government.
US units using.assault helicopters were ordered to confiscate or destroy tanks and artillery that violate the pact. The Americans will carry out moat of the operation because most of the weapons in question are in areas they patrol .
Troops in northern Bosnia took one anti-aircraft gun from the Bosnian Serbs Friday night. NATO spokesman Maj. Peter Bulloch said.