STABILITY PACT TASK FORCE OPENED IN BARI

BARI, Oct 9 (Hina) - The Stability Pact for South-East Europe's Task Force for economic revival, development, and cooperation was opened in Bari, Italy, on Saturday by the general director of the Italian Central Bank international transactions department, Fabrizio Saccomani. The session is being held behind closed doors. A Croatian delegation is taking part in the session headed by Assistant Foreign Minister and national Stability Pact coordinator, Vladimir Drobnjak. Croatia will represent some 40 projects from the field of energy supply and seven big projects from the field of traffic infrastructure (railway, road and river traffic). Also expected to take place at the Bari meeting is a debate on the methods of operation of Task Force mechanisms, their cooperation with international financial institutions, and the establishment of ties with the existing initiatives, as well as the possibility of mobilising private capital and investments for implementing the projects of the Pact. Other participants and supporters of the Pact, including the United States, European Union countries, and leading international financial institutions are also expected to present their projects. At the end of the afternoon part of the session Saturday, participants will hold a news conference at which reporters will get acquainted with the conclusions of Saturday's session. (hina) lml