CONFERENCE ON EUROPE'S CORRIDOR 5C STARTS IN OSIJEK

OSIJEK, Dec 9 (Hina) - A two-day-long international conference on European traffic corridor 5c which connects Budapest, the eastern Croatian town of Osijek, Sarajevo, and the southern Croatian port of Ploce, started in Osijek on Thursday. The conference was organised by the Euro-regional Cooperation Danube-Drava-Sava, which includes Osijek-Baranja County and Bosnia-Herzegovina's Tuzla-Podrina Canton. The conference is attended by representatives of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina. Greeting all present, Vice President of the Croatian National Sabor Vladimir Seks stressed that Croatia's strategic goal was approaching Europe and the European Union. "Croatia realised the meaning of regional and cross-border cooperation because it ensures plenty of experience for the establishment of relations with the European Union", said Seks. He added that the 5c corridor was a project which exceeded regional frames and was of European proportion, and at the same time it was an occasion for "reintegration of the region in European traffic and economic flows". Vice president of the Hungarian Parliament Ferenz Wekler said that, in the financial sense, the project was too big for countries which were directly interested in it, therefore the support of the international community was expected. (hina) it mm