SLOVENE AND CROATIAN TRANSPORT MINISTERS MEET IN LJUBLJANA

LJUBLJANA, July 8 (Hina) - Delegations of the Slovene and Croatian transport ministries, headed by ministers Igor Umek and Ivica Mudrinic respectively, met in Ljubljana on Thursday to exchange views on the building of road and railway infrastructure in both countries. Croatian representatives presented proposals for the construction of the Pirna Motorway from Sentilj to Zagreb which would provide the shortest land route between Croatia and Western Europe. Following the closed-door meeting, Mudrinic told Slovene Television that the talks focused on technical cooperation at the level of experts and that the resolution of the border issue in the Bay of Piran was not on the agenda. Umek said that the strategy of road infrastructure, approved by the Slovene Parliament, gave priority to the construction of roads that would link Slovenia's east and west. 081237 MET jul 94