MONTENEGRO INTERESTED IN CONSTRUCTION OF ADRIATIC HIGHWAY

( Editorial: --> 3549 ) PODGORICA, Sept 27 (Hina) - Montenegro is very interested in constructing the Adriatic highway which would run from Trieste to Greece via the Croatian coastal towns of Rijeka, Split and Dubrovnik, through Montenegro and Albania, and which would represent one of the most important roads connecting the West and East. According to the Montenegrin Transport and Maritime Affairs Minister, Jusuf Kalamperovic, the construction of the highway which is already 'drawn' into the physical plan of Montenegro, will depend on when Croatia will begin the construction of its part of the highway to the Montenegro border and when Albania will construct a highway towards Macedonia and Greece. "I believe that Croatia's expediting the activities surrounding the construction of the Zagreb-Dubrovnik highway will lead to an increased interest of the European Union to cooperate and provide credits for the construction of the Adriatic highway," Kalamperovic said. (hina) lml 272017 MET sep 98