U.N. Troops in Bosnia Get Food

Bosnian Serbs let U.N. forces resupply isolated peacekeeping units with food Sunday as Germany pleaded for a Balkan summit to avert a relapse into total war.

Fresh sniper attacks by Serbs ringing Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, underscored the gradual erosion of a 2-month-old cease-fire due to expire April 30. Sniper fire seriously wounded one man Sunday in Sarajevo, where streetcar service resumed after a two-day suspension that had been spurred by such attacks.

Truce violations are increasing, and rival factions have resumed obstructing U.N. operations. But Serbian forces did allow a U.N. convoy to reach the government enclave of Srebrenica to succor Dutch U.N. troops, who had less than two days’ worth of food left.

Bosnian Serb commander Gen. Ratko Mladic cleared the convoy after the U.N. peacekeeping mission drafted plans to run the Serbian blockade with helicopters escorted by North Atlantic Treaty Organization jets, U.N. sources said.

Germany, meanwhile, urged Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to recognize Croatia and Bosnia and agree to a summit. “I call on President Milosevic to quickly seize this chance for peace,” German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel said. “He is responsible for the success of international efforts to turn the dangerous developments in former Yugoslavia into something positive.”