CEI PRIME MINISTERS ADOPT FINAL DOCUMENT OF SUMMIT HELD IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, Nov 21 (Hina) - Prime ministers and their representatives of 16 member-countries of the Central European Initiative (CEI), at the end of a two day summit adopted a common statement, in which they called on the consolidation of political dialogue with the European Union, advocated the strengthening of cooperation within CEI countries, and expressed their concern about the Kosovo situation. The final document included two significant components - political and economic, said the Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa, following the closure of the prime ministers' plenary meeting, which ended a two-day CEI Summit in Zagreb. "In the political point of view, the document shows that no new lines of division in Europe could be made, for everyone has certain rights and responsibilities to carry equally with others. In the economic point of view, it points to the fact that we must stop neglecting mutual CEI member-country markets and our cooperation with them", said Matesa. He added that Croatia is very satisfied with the just concluded summit. "Considering the number of senior political officials, present at the Summit, this is the most important meeting ever held in Croatia, and presents absolute success of the Croatian Republic and its diplomacy", Matesa added. He described the bilateral meetings as very successful, for, according to him, "many issues, which were on hold for a while, were discussed, such as negotiations on free trade with countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia or Hungary, and a series of meetings on the prime ministers' or ministers' level have been agreed on", Matesa concluded. (hina) it jn/lml