"CORRIDOR 10" RAILWAY MEMORANDUM SIGNED IN BELGRADE

BELGRADE, March 6 (Hina) - General directors of railways of the "Corridor 10" signed in Belgrade Tuesday an agreement on establishing a task force for this pan-European section, as well as a memorandum on promoting the quality of railway cargo transport. The key strategic goal is a joint appearance of all Corridor 10 railways before EU bodies, and the formation of means for modernising the corridor, a statement issued after the signing said. The two-day meeting in Belgrade was attended by Croatian Railways general director Marijan Drampetic, as well as the heads of railways of Slovenia, Macedonia, Austria, Germany, Greece, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. The working group will be based in Vienna. Corridor 10 runs from Salzburg through Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade, Nis, Skopje and Solun with auxiliaries running Belgrade-Budapest, Nis-Sofia, Graz-Zagreb and Veles-Florina. Croatia's Drampetic told Hina he was satisfied with the meeting and the achieved results. He expressed expectation that Europe would, because of the importance of the corridor, prompt international financial institutions to invest funds. Pointing out the importance of getting Corridor 10 fully functional for Croatia, Drampetic said before the 1990's war, the profit for Croatia from the railway was about 50 million German marks, while overall turnover for all countries amounted to around 200 million marks. (hina) lml sb