ANKARA, Aug 27 (Hina) - Croatia and Turkey today laid a new
foundation for very fruitful economic cooperation, Croatian
Economy Minister Nenad Porges said in Ankara on Wednesday after
meeting Turkish State Minister Rustu Kazim Yucelem.
The two sides concluded that the trade, which reached about
$65 million in 1996, did not reflect the actual possibilities and
needs of the two countries. This particularly referred to their
joint appearance on the markets of third countries.
Porges said that Croatian companies should take advantage
of "brilliant relations Ankara has with a number of Turkish-
speaking countries of Transcaucasia and Central Asia."
Porges said that the Croatian oil company INA and the
Turkish state-run oil company could launch joint projects for oil
and gas exploration.
Porges drew attention to the huge possibilities of the
transport of goods across Croatia to Central and Western Europe
and Mediterranean countries.
In this context, he stressed the importance of establishing
a ferry service between Istanbul, Izmir or Mersin with some of
the Croatian Adriatic ports.
Porges and Yucelem also considered the possibility of
cooperation between the free trade zones of the two countries.
Turkey expressed a wish to be a partner country at Zagreb's
Autumn Trade Fair next year.
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