The two-day meeting brought together over 40 specialists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, and Croatia to discuss the position of the future motorway in the European road network and its economic and social aspects.
Hungary's Consul General to Osijek, Jozsef Magyar, said that his country had begun construction of the first section of the motorway and that it was expected to be operational next summer. He noted that Corridor 5C should not be viewed only as a technical facility, but also as a basis of regional cooperation.
According to Zvonimir Nagy, an adviser to the Croatian minister of transport and development, the European Union has designated this transport route as its priority in the next medium term after 2015, but Croatia nevertheless plans to complete most of the motorway on its territory in 2008.