CROATIAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS HIGHWAY SECTION UNDERGOING

( Editorial: --> 2295 ) OPRISAVCI/VELIKA KOPANICA, Sept 22 (Hina) - We are pleased with the speed and quality of the work and we believe that the "Green Highway" consortium will finish this section of the highway through eastern Croatia, to the border, to the welfare of everybody, Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa said on Tuesday. Matesa visited the 17-kilometre section of a highway undergoing construction in eastern Croatia. Director of the Croatian roads company, Aleksandar Caklovic, said the 17 kilometres of highway cost six million German marks. Representatives of the consortium said the works would be completed by next September, and expressed interest in being awarded the contract to complete the remaining 50 kilometres of the highway in eastern Croatia. (hina) lml 221815 MET sep 98