ZAGREB, Nov 20 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Friday +organised a reception for the participants in a two-day summit of +Central European Initiative (CEI) member-countries in Zagreb.+ "Croatia ascribes great political
importance to the CEI as a forum +where member-countries join in conference and action towards +developing mutual cooperation," said the President.+ "Central Europe is an area of huge potential which has not been +sufficiently used so far. The CEI can the play the 'bridge' role, as +the economic forum in Zagreb (of which the CEI summit is part) +eloquently demonstrates," he added+ Croatian Premier Zlatko Matesa said the potential of CEI member-+countries was corroborated by the fact that it is an area with 240 +million inhabitants and a gross domestic product of US$2,000 +billion.+(hina) ha+
ZAGREB, Nov 20 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman on Friday
organised a reception for the participants in a two-day summit of
Central European Initiative (CEI) member-countries in Zagreb.
"Croatia ascribes great political importance to the CEI as a forum
where member-countries join in conference and action towards
developing mutual cooperation," said the President.
"Central Europe is an area of huge potential which has not been
sufficiently used so far. The CEI can the play the 'bridge' role, as
the economic forum in Zagreb (of which the CEI summit is part)
eloquently demonstrates," he added
Croatian Premier Zlatko Matesa said the potential of CEI member-
countries was corroborated by the fact that it is an area with 240
million inhabitants and a gross domestic product of US$2,000
billion.
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