ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN CROATIA & MACEDONIA MUCH BETTER

( Editorial: --> 3852 ) ZAGREB, Jan 12 (Hina) - Croatian and Macedonian Economy Ministers, Nenad Porges and Boris Rikalovski respectively, on Monday held talks in Zagreb focusing on the implementation of a free trade agreement the two countries signed June 9, 1997. The two ministers assessed the implementation of the agreement as positive. Commodity exchange between July and November 1997 was 71 per cent higher than in the same period a year before, reaching US$107 million. Croatia's export rose 97 per cent, while Macedonia's export rose 34 per cent. (hina) ha jn 121451 MET jan 98