BERLIN, Jan 10 (Hina) - Croatia is interested in intensifying its cooperation with Montenegro, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said in Berlin on Saturday after meeting his Montenegrin counterpart Milo Djukanovic.
BERLIN, Jan 10 (Hina) - Croatia is interested in intensifying its
cooperation with Montenegro, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said
in Berlin on Saturday after meeting his Montenegrin counterpart Milo
Djukanovic.#L#
"We are interested in boosting our relations with Montenegro,
continuing and strengthening economic cooperation, because we think
that a lot more can be done in that area," Sanader told reporters.
The two heads of government were attending an international conference
on the future of Europe organised by the German Bertelsmann
Foundation.
Sanader said Croatia wanted to continue with the construction of the
Adriatic-Ionian Highway as "a project in the interests of both Croatia
and Montenegro", and added that it supported Montenegro's efforts to
join the European Union, because Croatia was interested in political
and economic stability in its neighbourhood.
Djukanovic said he and Sanader agreed that it was necessary to
continue political dialogue, and added that a meeting of the foreign
ministers had been arranged to define a platform for overall
cooperation.
"It is encouraging that we share the view that there are great
prospects for the promotion of economic cooperation, starting from the
use of joint resources such as the Adriatic Sea," Djukanovic said.
The Croatian prime minister has had several bilateral meetings in
Berlin and was due to meet Slovene President Janez Drnovsek later
today.
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