ZAGREB, Feb 9 (Hina) - Croatia's Minister of the Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship, Branko Vukelic, on Monday received the incoming Chinese Ambassador, Zhi Zhaolin. The two officials discussed possibilities of promoting economic
cooperation, the ministry reported.
ZAGREB, Feb 9 (Hina) - Croatia's Minister of the Economy, Labour and
Entrepreneurship, Branko Vukelic, on Monday received the incoming
Chinese Ambassador, Zhi Zhaolin. The two officials discussed
possibilities of promoting economic cooperation, the ministry
reported.#L#
Minister Vukelic and the Chinese Ambassador agreed that it was
important to upgrade bilateral trade and that there were many
possibilities as well as favourable political relations for doing so.
Trade between Croatia and China climbed by 55 percent in the first 11
months of 2003 as against the same period in 2002. Croatia's exports
to China came to four million US dollars (a 65-percent rise), and
imports totalled 364 million (a 55-percent rise).
(Hina) ms sb