MALAYSIA INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN CROATIAN TOURISM

ZAGREB, July 7 (Hina) - The promotion of investment by Malaysian companies in Croatian tourism and the arrival of Malaysian tourists to the Croatian Adriatic coast will be a new area of economic cooperation between the two countries, Malaysian Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Monday following a visit to the southern coastal town of Dubrovnik. "I will recommend Malaysian tour operators and business people to come to Dubrovnik," Badawi said in Zagreb after talks with Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Borislav Skegro. "As part of economic cooperation between Malaysia and Croatia, there are several important projects that are already being carried out - one of them is the construction of a transformer company in Malaysia, in which Koncar is cooperating with Malaysian companies," Skegro said. "Tourism is yet another form of economic cooperation that will bring our countries closer and encourage the development of private sectors," Badawi said, adding that he identified some concrete possibilities of Malaysian companies investing on the Adriatic coast on the basis of partnership and cooperation with Croatian companies. (hina) vm 071400 MET jul 97