SECI MEETS IN GENEVA

( Editorial: --> 7262 ) GENEVA, 26 Jan (Hina) - The program committee of the South East European Cooperation Initiative (SECI) met at the UN headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Chaired by Erhard Busek, government officials and economy specialists from 10 member-countries, countries that support the initiative, as well as European Union and World Bank representatives discussed preparations for the realisation of six priority projects of regional cooperation. Croatia is not a member of SECI but is interested in some of the projects and therefore a delegation participated in the meeting. At the meeting it was said that projects dealing with modernisation and widening of entry borders in the region have progressed the most. It was pointed out that technical preparations and necessary documentation for seeking credit from the World Bank had been completed for all projects except for the Croatian border entries and Moldavian border entries. It is expected that these two countries will complete all documentation and will together request credit from the World Bank. A representative of the World Bank said that credit will be given according to its usual conditions for South-East European countries. (hina) jn mrb 261545 MET jan 98