CRO & ROMANIAN PREMIERS ADVOCATE ECONOMIC RELATIONS DEVELOPMENT

( Editorial: --> 4088 ) BUKAREST, Sept 29 (Hina) - Even though both Romania and Croatia aspire towards Euro-Atlantic integration and place most of its export on the European Union market, they must not neglect mutual markets, Premiers of Croatia and Romania told a joint businessmen conference on Tuesday. Mutual markets offer outstanding possibilities for long-standing cooperation and even a joint presentation on third markets, the two Premiers told the Bukarest conference. About 100 of the most eminent Croatian businessmen arrived in Romania's capital at the invitation of the Croatian and Romanian Chambers of Commerce to discuss with Romanian colleagues ways of improving poor economic relations. "We haven't come here to sell something quickly, but to establish the foundations for long-term cooperation", said Croatian Premier Zlatko Matesa. The power industry, pharmaceutical production, transport, agriculture and tourism are just some economic branches in which, according to Matesa, Croatia and Romania can achieve good cooperation. Great possibilities also lie in joint presentation on third markets, for instance Bosnia-Herzegovina, he added. Matesa and Romanian counterpart Radu Vasile assessed the Bukarest meeting as "historic", and announced government support to further cooperation. (hina) ha jn 291830 MET sep 98