ZAGREB, Nov 4 (Hina) - Croatia's Assistant Finance Minister, Tihomir Domazet, and Italy's Assistant Finance and Economy Minister, Fabrizio Barca, on Tuesday signed an agreement on cooperation between the two ministries.
ZAGREB, Nov 4 (Hina) - Croatia's Assistant Finance Minister,
Tihomir Domazet, and Italy's Assistant Finance and Economy
Minister, Fabrizio Barca, on Tuesday signed an agreement on
cooperation between the two ministries. #L#
The agreement makes it possible for Croatia to use cohesion and pre-
accession funds of the European Union, although the country is not
yet an official applicant for EU membership.
The document offers possibilities for closer cooperation of
Croatian regions with Italian, and represents Italy's concrete
assistance to Croatia on its path towards the EU, Domazet said after
the signing of the deal.
Under the agreement, Italy will provide one million euro and
Croatia its experts and technical support to joint projects in
which the Croatian areas of Moslavina, Zumberak and Gorski Kotar
will be connected with three Italian regions through development
programmes.
According to the Croatian Finance Minister, projects will be
oriented towards job creation and the development of the
manufacturing industry, tourism, environment protection,
infrastructure etc.
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