CROATIA, GERMANY TO SIGN DEALS ON AIR AND ROAD TRAFFIC - LUZAVEC

HELSINKI, June 23 (Hina) - Croatia and Germany are expected to sign an agreement on road and air traffic in autumn, Croatian Transport Minister Zeljko Luzavec has said. Minister Luzavec met his German Counterpart Matthias Wissmann, at the third pan-European traffic conference that commenced in Helsinki on Monday. Luzavec invited Wissmann to visit Croatia when treaties on the road and air traffic can be signed. He thanked the Wissmann for the support Germany offered in the inclusion of Croatia into European traffic network, at the Berlin conference of European transport ministers held in April this year. The German support is based both on the friendly ties between the two countries and on Germany's interest in opening a corridor from Salzburg via Zagreb and Belgrade to Salonika so that the country may be linked with the south-eastern Europe and further with the Near East. (hina) jn mš 231846 MET jun 97