BH AMBASSADOR VISITS ISTRIA COUNTY

( Editorial: --> 7167 ) PULA, Oct 9 (Hina) - Ambassador of Bosnia-Herzegovina Hasan Muratovic on Friday visited Pula, where he discussed cooperation between the Istria County and Bosnia-Herzegovina with the county Prefect Stevo Zufic. Speaking about the improvement of economic cooperation, Zufic said that Istria's business people participated in five fairs in Bosnia- Herzegovina this year. He expressed satisfaction with the cooperation between his county and individual BH towns adding that the purpose of today's meeting was to strengthen and promote that cooperation. The Istria County is the third Croatian county Ambassador Muratovic is visiting. He has already visited Osijek-Baranja and Karlovac counties, which both border with BH. Muratovic said one of the reasons for his visit to the Istria County was that a large number of people born in Bosnia lived in Istria. Last year, the county's exports to BH amounted to US$35 million while imports were valued at US$1.5 million. Bosnia-Herzegovina is the county's third export partner, behind Italy and Slovenia. (hina) rml /sp 091550 MET oct 98