DUBROVNIK, Jan 17 (Hina) - A preparatory meeting of experts about the construction of the Adriatic-Ionian motorway commenced on Monday in the Croatian southern coastal town of Dubrovnik. The event which has gathered 20 delegations of
countries and international organisations engaged in the project, was organised by Croatia's Foreign Ministry. An idea about the construction of this road was launched a year ago at a Croatian-Greek ministerial meeting in Athens. This highway should link all countries along the eastern Adriatic coast from Italy to Greece. It will be 1,200-kilometre-long road from Trieste to the town of Igumenica, Greece, and a 570-long section should pass through Croatia. The project was presented together by Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Albania at the first session of the working table for the economic recovery, development and cooperation within the Stability Pact
DUBROVNIK, Jan 17 (Hina) - A preparatory meeting of experts about
the construction of the Adriatic-Ionian motorway commenced on
Monday in the Croatian southern coastal town of Dubrovnik.
The event which has gathered 20 delegations of countries and
international organisations engaged in the project, was organised
by Croatia's Foreign Ministry.
An idea about the construction of this road was launched a year ago
at a Croatian-Greek ministerial meeting in Athens. This highway
should link all countries along the eastern Adriatic coast from
Italy to Greece.
It will be 1,200-kilometre-long road from Trieste to the town of
Igumenica, Greece, and a 570-long section should pass through
Croatia.
The project was presented together by Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Slovenia and Albania at the first session of the working table for
the economic recovery, development and cooperation within the
Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, which was held in Bari on 9
October 1999.
Addressing participants in the Dubrovnik meeting, an assistant to
Croatian Foreign Minister, Vladimir Drobnjak, said this session
had not only economic but also political significance, as it was the
first time for this region to send a joint message to all
participants in the Stability Pact, the entire international
community as well as international investment circles that it is
very interested in the Adriatic-Ionian motorway and that all
countries in this region are ready to work together on the
implementation of this ambitious project.
Croatia's Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader said his country
viewed this motorway as an inseparable part of broad trans-European
continental communication and as a transport net for linking the
European economies in political, social and cultural sense.
"Croatia supports this project and, along with other countries in
the region, shares enthusiasm for this joint action. This idea was
initiated by the outgoing government (of Croatia), and I believe
that the new authorities will have will and strength for this
project that follows, in the broadest sense, the overall Croatian
national strategy," Sanader said in Dubrovnik.
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