CROATIA, SLOVENIA CLOSER TO FINALIZING KRSKO NUCLEAR PLANT DEAL

ZAGREB, March 24 (Hina) - Croatian Economy Minister Nadan Vidosevic and his Slovene counterpart, Maks Tajnikar, met in Zagreb yesterday and agreed on the starting points for negotiations to finalize a bilateral agreement on the Krsko nuclear power plant with a 50-50 capital investment ratio. Vidosevic told reporters after the talks that the agreement would also provide for cases in which Slovenia would have the right of veto because the power plant was located on its territory. He added that the two countries came closer in their views and that the new agreement would include issues of decommission, operational time, employment and personnel policy, waste disposal and investment. Expert groups from both countries were expected to meet in two weeks to find a satisfactory solution until the signing of the agreement which wouild regulate overall relations regarding the nuclear power plant. Tajnikar said it was significant that the talks sought to establish a new bilateral agreement which would define the obligations of both sides. Tajnikar identified the four issues on which Slovenia would have the right of veto, as: plant organization, personnel policy, security and operation, and closure. (hina) sd vm 241133 MET mar 95