MOSTAR MOSTAR, Feb 26 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on Thursday met the international community's High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdown, at a two-day international conference on investments in
Mostar.
MOSTAR, Feb 26 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on Thursday
met the international community's High Representative to
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdown, at a two-day international
conference on investments in Mostar.#L#
Sanader said that economic issues had been in the focus of his talks
with the British diplomat.
"I asked Ashdown to support Croatian companies' investments in
Bosnia," the Croatian PM said.
Ashdown said he backed regional investments, including Croatia's
investments in Bosnia. In this context, he pointed out the economic
vitality of Herzegovina, which he said could help the economic revival
of other parts of the country.
Ashdown and Sanader also discussed the Bosnian-Croatian free trade
agreement which should have taken effect on 1 January 2004, but its
implementation was postponed for three months by the authorities in
Sarajevo.
Ashdown said Sander's talks with Bosnian officials on Wednesday
evening were very important. Last night, Sanader held separate
meetings with the chairman of Bosnia's Council of Ministers, Adnan
Terzic, and the leader of the Croatian Democratic Union BiH (HDZ BiH),
Barisa Colak, in Mostar.
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