ZAGREB, May 13 (Hina) - Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said on Thursday that Slovenia and Italy had expressed an interest in principle in joining the Druzba Adria project under which oil would be transported from Russia via Croatia and
Slovenia to the Italian northern Adriatic port of Trieste.
ZAGREB, May 13 (Hina) - Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said on Thursday
that Slovenia and Italy had expressed an interest in principle in
joining the Druzba Adria project under which oil would be transported
from Russia via Croatia and Slovenia to the Italian northern Adriatic
port of Trieste.#L#
"That, however, does not mean that we will not continue evaluating the
impact of the project on the environment," Sanader said at a
government session that endorsed a programme proposing a strategy for
the development of the energy sector in Croatia.
Environment Minister Marina Matulovic Dropulic noticed that the Druzba
Adria project was referred to in the programme as "a fait accompli"
and said that it was yet to be seen whether the project was worthwhile
after a study of environmental impact was completed.
Sanader said that assessments of all aspects of environmental
protection relating to the project should continue.
He went on to say that a feasibility study was being prepared for
another project aimed at transporting oil from the Caspian region to
Trieste via the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanza, the Serbian town
of Pancevo and Omisalj on the Croatian northern Adriatic island of
Krk.
The Druzba Adria project now envisages oil transport from Russia to
Omisalj via Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary.
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