ZAGREB, June 14 (Hina) - Russia will settle its clearing debt to Croatia, estimated at US$600 million, in part by engaging its companies in demining in Croatia, partly through trade with gas and oil, and Russia hopes through the
delivery of fire-fighting helicopters, Croatian Economy Minister Hrvoje Vojkovic said.
ZAGREB, June 14 (Hina) - Russia will settle its clearing debt to
Croatia, estimated at US$600 million, in part by engaging its
companies in demining in Croatia, partly through trade with gas and
oil, and Russia hopes through the delivery of fire-fighting
helicopters, Croatian Economy Minister Hrvoje Vojkovic said. #L#
Vojkovic received the Russian Federation's minister for
extraordinary situations, Sergei Kuzugetovich Shoigu.
Talks addressed the preparation of a session of a Croatian-Russian
inter-governmental commission for economic, scientific and
technical cooperation. The session is scheduled for Sept. 30 - Oct.
3 in Moscow.
The talks also tackled a series of cooperation agreements,
including the participation of Croatia's Koncar and Djuro Djakovic
companies in the renovation of power plants in Russia and the
delivery of agricultural machinery.
The Croatian Mine Action Centre Council president, Davorko
Vidovic, said he was satisfied with the talks. He said an agreement
on Russian companies' engagement in mine-removal in Croatia should
be prepared for signing by Aug. 1.
Minister Shoigu said a meeting on the clearing debt with all the
successor states to the former Yugoslavia should be held in Moscow
in a month's time in order to sign agreements for each country.
Russia's clearing debt to ex-Yugoslavia's states is US$2.2
billion.
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