OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 19, 26 January 1996

SECOND IFOR BASE TO BE ESTABLISHED IN HUNGARY. A second rear base for
IFOR troops in Bosnia is to be set up in Hungary, MTI news agency
reported on 25 January. The base in Pecs will accommodate Danish,
Norwegian, Polish, and Swedish troops attached to NATO's Northern
Brigade. Their task will be to supply the rest of the brigade, which is
to take part in building military infrastructure in northern Bosnia.
U.S. logistics bases were set up last December in the southern town of
Kaposvar and at the nearby Taszar air base to facilitate the deployment
of U.S. troops to Bosnia. An agreement between NATO and the Hungarians
has yet to be concluded. In another development, a U.S. army spokesman
told Hungarian TV the same day that supplies from Hungary to U.S. NATO
troops in Bosnia have been temporarily suspended due to heavy snow and
bad road conditions throughout Hungary. -- Zsofia Szilagyi

UPDATE ON HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT GONCZ'S VISIT TO ALBANIA. Arpad Goncz,
addressing the Albanian parliament, called for Albania's full membership
in the Central European Initiative, Magyar Hirlap reported on 26
January. Goncz also urged expanded political and economic ties as well
as deeper cultural and scientific cooperation. Later he met with Prime
Minister Alexander Meksi to discuss gradually lifting visas requirements
after concluding an agreement on extradition. Meksi offered to ease
restrictions on Hungarian business activities in Albania. -- Fabian
Schmidt and Zsofia Szilagyi

[As of 12:00 CET]

Compiled by Jan Cleave