According to this defence witness, the biggest contribution of the 2009 amended agreement, signed by the cabinet led by Prime Minister Sanader, was the consolidation of the Croatian oil and gas company and its modernisation.
Investments into the refineries had been agreed in the first agreement in 2003 and were reinforced by the 2009 amended agreement whereby MOL invested big money in INA, the witness told the Zagreb County Court.
His testimony contradicted statements of Croatian executives in INA's management and supervisory boards who said that since MOL was given a dominant position in INA, the Croatian company has been going backwards.
Sanader is charged with having allegedly received bribes in the amount of 10 million euros from MOL in order to enable the Hungarians to have a controlling stake in INA.