COUNCIL FOR STRATEGIC DECISIONS HOLDS SESSION

( Editorial: --> 5547 ) ZAGREB, 19 Jan (Hina) - The Council for Strategic Decisions held a session in Zagreb on Monday, under the chairmanship of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, the President's office said in a statement. The Council discussed a proposal on the construction of the highway Zagreb-Bihac-Dubrovnik, with connections to Sarajevo and the Croatian ports of Ploce and Split, in line with a trilateral agreement signed in Dubrovnik on 11 July 1996. It was agreed that talks with the U.S. company BECHTEL on the construction of the section Bregana (Croatian-Slovene border) - Zagreb - state border near Bihac should continue, and that other sections of the highway which go through Bosnia-Herzegovina be built in cooperation with Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Council agreed that the construction of the tunnel Sveti Rok and a section of the Lika highway would continue. (hina) jn rm 191644 MET jan 98