CROATIA, HUNGARY, BOSNIA TO COOPERATE IN BUILDING VC CORRIDOR

SARAJEVO, June 17 (Hina) - Representatives of the Croatian, Hungarian and Bosnian governments confirmed in Sarajevo on Tuesday their agreement regarding the need to build the corridor Vc connecting Croatia's southern port of Ploce with Budapest, the Bosnian foreign ministry reported. #L# The Croatian delegation at the trilateral meeting was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Simonovic. The Hungarian delegation was headed by the state secretary at the Hungarian foreign ministry, Andras Barsony, while the Bosnian delegation was represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Lidija Topic. The meeting tackled the course and coordination of activities that need to be undertaken to prepare a meeting of transport ministers, to be held in Croatia, with the aim of further defining activities concerned with the construction of the corridor. The three delegations also agreed that railway traffic should be upgraded in line with the huge interest in the region. Special expert groups will inspect the possibility and forms of pipeline transport along the same route. The three countries will draft a special protocol on activities and tasks with specified deadlines and resume negotiations. (hina) sp rml