CROATIAN-GERMAN JOINT SOCIETY "PLOMIN 2" ESTABLISHED

BRIJUNI, Nov 2 (Hina) - A Croatian-German joint society "Plomin 2" was established on Saturday by Croatia's National Power (HEP) and Germany's Essen-based company RWE-Energie that signed, in Brijuni, an agreement on bringing to en end the construction of the "Plomin 2" coal-fired thermal power plant in Istria. A Croatian Minister Branko Mocibob described the agreement as very important for the economic incentive to the development of Labinstina, an underdeveloped area of Istria. The German Ambassador to Croatia Volker Haak said the establishment of the joint society "Plomin 2" was the proof of confidence between the two countries and good economic and friendly relations between the German and Croatian nations. He added that Croatia and Germany should intensify economic cooperation in the power industry. The Croatian Power (HEP) president Damir Begovic, said the Brijuni agreement was the result of long cooperation between the HEP and Germany's RWE-Energy company. Besides Minister Mocibob, German Ambassador Haak and the HEP president Begovic, present at the ceremony of the signing were Croatian Ambassador to Germany Zoran Jasic, RWE board member Rolf Bierhoff, Croatian Chamber of Commerce head Nadan Vidosevic, and Croatian and German businessmen. (hina) mš 021735 MET nov 96