BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3407 HINA ZAGREB, OCTOBER 9, 1999

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3407 HINA ZAGREB, OCTOBER 9, 1999 STABILITY PACT'S ECONOMY TASK FORCE HOLDS 1ST SESSION IN BARI BARI, Oct 9 (Hina) - The Stability Pact for South-East Europe's Task Force for economic recovery, development, and cooperation ended its one-day inaugural session in Bari, Italy, on Saturday. The session, opened by the general director of the Italian Central Bank international transactions department, Fabrizio Saccomani, was held behind closed doors. Croatia's delegation in the session was headed by Assistant Foreign Minister and national Stability Pact coordinator, Vladimir Drobnjak. Present at the Bari event were 57 subjects. In addition to 15 European Union member-states, other countries-participants were Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Slovenia and Turkey. Countries that offered assistance are Canada and Japan. International organisati