CRO ECONOMY MINISTER AT BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION SUMMIT

( Editorial: --> 8937 ) ZAGREB, June 4 (Hina) - A Croatian delegation led by Economy Minister Nenad Porges is participating at a meeting of state leaders and premiers of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), which is taking place at Yalta on Thursday and Friday. Croatia is attending the meeting in the capacity of the chairman of the Central European Initiative (CEI). BSEC members are Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Moldavia, Rumania, Russia, Turkey and the Ukraine while those with observer status are Austria, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Tunisia. The BSEC was founded in 1992 with the aim of expanding and advancing economic, technological and social development of member countries, and especially strengthening economic and trade links, as well as investment, transport, communications, energy, tourism, environment protection and science. One of the organisation's aims is the improvement of cooperation with other regional and European associations. (hina) bag/rml 041804 MET jun 98