REPRESENTATIVES OF CRO,SLOVENE BORDER MUNICIPALITIES MEET IN UMAG

UMAG, 16 June (Hina) - Representatives of Croatian and Slovene border municipalities from Istria met in Umag, on Monday. The meeting was also attended by the Croatian Ambassador to Slovenia, Ivica Mastruko, Slovene Ambassador to Croatia, Matija Malesic, Croatian MPs Damir Kajin, Ivan Jakovcic and Dino Debeljuh and a Slovene MP, Aurelije Jurij. The two sides discussed the Agreement on Border Traffic and Cooperation between Croatia and Slovenia, which was signed by the Croatian and Slovene Foreign Ministers Mate Granic and Zoran Thaler in April this year. It was said at the meeting that the agreement was a big step forward in the Croatian-Slovene relations but it did not take into account some special characteristics of Istria. MP Ivan Jakovcic proposed that a working group consisting of parliament representatives and representatives of local authorities be founded, with the aim of institutionalising cooperation along the Croatian-Slovene border. The two sides also discussed health system, traffic and tourism. (hina) rm 162109 MET jun 97