ZAGREB, June 16 (Hina) - Trade exchange between Croatia and Bulgaria in 1999 amounted to about US$10 million, which is not satisfactory considering that in the past it used to be two or three time bigger. The economic cooperation must
be promoted, and precondition for that are better traffic connections, Croatian and Bulgarian deputy Economy Ministers Neven Mimica and Hristo Mihajlovski said Friday. Signing a protocol from the third session of a joint commission for economic cooperation, the two officials pointed to the need for the urgent signing of a free trade agreement. The two officials discussed a possibility of the improvement of rail, river, sea transport. Comparing the situation in the economies of Croatia and Bulgaria, they established there were no significant differences and that the two countries have the same goals, namely the joining the European Union and the r
ZAGREB, June 16 (Hina) - Trade exchange between Croatia and
Bulgaria in 1999 amounted to about US$10 million, which is not
satisfactory considering that in the past it used to be two or three
time bigger.
The economic cooperation must be promoted, and precondition for
that are better traffic connections, Croatian and Bulgarian deputy
Economy Ministers Neven Mimica and Hristo Mihajlovski said
Friday.
Signing a protocol from the third session of a joint commission for
economic cooperation, the two officials pointed to the need for the
urgent signing of a free trade agreement.
The two officials discussed a possibility of the improvement of
rail, river, sea transport.
Comparing the situation in the economies of Croatia and Bulgaria,
they established there were no significant differences and that the
two countries have the same goals, namely the joining the European
Union and the realisation of the economic growth, Mihajlovski
said.
A Croatian delegation is to visit Bulgaria this autumn.
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