DANUBE COMMISSION MEETING IN BUDAPEST

( Editorial: --> 1754 ) BUDAPEST, April 28 (Hina) - Croatia has adopted a programme for a faster development of internal waterways and by the end of the year it will make the Sava, the Drava and the Danube rivers navigable, said Croatian Maritime and Transport Minister Zeljko Luzavec at a meeting of a Danube commission in Budapest. Luzavec said Croatia would soon launch one of its most ambitious transport projects, i.e. a canal between the rivers Danube and Sava, which will reduce its waterway to Europe by 417 kilometres. Croatia is about to become an official member of the Danube Commission, a regional organisation of Danubian countries. The meeting marked the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the Danube River Navigation Regime. Delegations from 11 Danubian countries partcipated in the one-day meeting. (hina) jn mrb/mr 282014 MET apr 98