Vrankovic said that most Croatian business people were interested in cooperation in the power industry given Kosovo's excellent resources for power production, as well as in the construction industry, given Croatia's experience in major infrastructure projects.
Talks are under way in Kosovo on choosing the best model of construction of a highway linking Pristina and Tirana, which may be financed by granting concessions for the highway if budgetary funds for its construction prove to be insufficient.
Vrankovic said that commerce was in the focus of cooperation between Croatia and Kosovo, and that the visit of the Croatian delegation was proof of interest in raising cooperation to a higher level, including joint investments and ventures.
During individual talks between Croatian and Kosovo business people, the Croatian Institute for Quality Research and the Kosovo Regional Technology Center signed an agreement on the research of the quality of oil products in the Kosovo market.
Kosovo PM Ceku said that there were no outstanding issues between the Croatian and Albanian peoples, which was a good basis for cooperation. The announced opening of a Croatian liaison office in Kosovo is expected to deepen cooperation both in the economy and politics, Ceku said, adding he hoped that the office would become a Croatian embassy and that Kosovo would open its embassy in Croatia.
Asked about the restitution of property in Kosovo once owned by Croatian companies, Ceku said that the United Nations Mission in Kosovo had decided that property in Kosovo was socially-owned and that it would be privatised, a process in which parties claiming such property would also be able to participate.
Ceku added that once the privatisation was completed, companies able to prove their ownership would have the right to compensation.
According to the Kosovo Institute for Statistics, bilateral trade in 2006 amounted to 33.4 million euros, of which more than 32 million were Croatian exports to Kosovo.