NO CONCRETE OFFERS AT CONFERENCE ON CRO'S RECONSTRUCITON AS YET

ZAGREB, Dec 4 (Hina) - International representatives gathered at the Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Croatia which is taking place in Zagreb on Friday and Saturday showed interest in certain projects presented to them, but have as yet offered no concrete financial assistance, experts presenting reconstruction projects said on Friday. Some three hundred representatives of the international community saw thousands of reconstruction projects at the conference, not only for Croatia's war-ravaged areas, but also for other parts of the country. It is the general view of the experts that there will be no donations for the projects, but credits and investments are possible. Only experts presenting the Sibenik-Knin County said that Switzerland, Germany and Norway showed interest in the development of infrastructure and demining. However, representatives of the Croatian Mine Clearing Centre said they did not expect any donations. "We do not need expert help because we have trained personnel, what we need is financial assistance," they said. According to their estimates, in ideal circumstances, Croatia could demine its territory in 15 years. Experts presenting projects for the reconstruction of the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar and the Vukovar-Srijem County said their projects were costly, and added that it seemed that the international community representatives were interested in smaller projects. (hina) lml mm