Press Release

28 April 2004

SFOR Concludes Routine Unannounced Inspection of the Sokolac PTT

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - SFOR's routine unannounced inspection of the Sokolac PTT that began this morning at 9:45 am ended at approximately 2:45 pm local time.

We will not discuss the nature of the material or information collected during these operations. We will conduct a thorough and detailed analysis of the findings and draw our conclusions from facts.

We conduct inspections of this nature in order to disrupt the activities of anyone who would impede the progress and development of BiH through obstructionist actions.

The legal basis of these inspections is part of our normal framework operations and is conducted in accordance with the SFOR mandate.