$ ERENCE ZAGREB, May 17 (Hina) - A two-day round-table conference between the representatives of the Croatian government and the "Economist", which encompassed more than 120 representatives of western corporations, on Friday finished
its work. The conference which took place behind closed doors was opened by Croatian Premier Zlatko Matesa and was concluded with a news conference.
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ZAGREB, May 17 (Hina) - A two-day round-table conference between
the representatives of the Croatian government and the "Economist",
which encompassed more than 120 representatives of western
corporations, on Friday finished its work.
The conference which took place behind closed doors was opened
by Croatian Premier Zlatko Matesa and was concluded with a news
conference. #L#
Deputy president of "The Economist Conferences" William Crisp
said that they had had a chance to meet highest Croatian government
officials and obtain answers to numerous questions - from taxes and
banking to the situation in privatization and possibilities for
foreign investments.
Deputy president of one of the organizers of the conference,
Creditanstalt, Gabriel Delacher, said that it had been clearly
stated that foreign investors were welcome in Croatia and that, due
to significantly reduced risk, a large increase in the number of
investors was registered.
If this continued and with a good infrastructure, Zagreb could
become a financial centre for the development of the whole region,
Delacher said.
Creditanstalt is to get more involved into the Croatian
financial and economic system by the end of the year and with the
inflow of capital, an advisory and other services would be
established.
The company's representative office was opened in Zagreb on
May 1.
Head of the 'Price Waterhouse' representative office in
Zagreb, Tanja Rukavina, said it was important that a variety of
possibilities of cooperation exist, as well as the fact that
foreign investors could trust Croatian accounting standards which
were no different from international standards.
The round table conference with the Croatian government is one
in a line of conferences organized by the "Economist" in this part
of Europe.
Similar conferences were held last year in Czechoslovakia,
Poland, Romania and Slovakia, and the organizers announced another
in Croatia in 15 months.
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