CROATIA INTERESTED IN TWO SECI PROJECTS

GENEVA, Oct 15 (Hina) - The South-Eastern European Cooperation Initiative (SECI) programme committee held a session in Geneva on Wednesday. Delegations of eleven SECI member-countries, interested international and regional organisations and observers, including Croatia, discussed preparations for implementation of the six priority projects for cooperation in the region. The greatest progress has been made in the preparation of project documentation for the reconstruction of the twelve busiest border crossings in the southeast of Europe. Five of these crossings are between Croatia and its neighbouring countries. Assistant Foreign Minister Spomenka Cek, who is heading the Croatian delegation, said that Croatia was interested in broadening and modernising its border crossings, which was the reason why it was taking active part in the elaboration of technical documentation for this project which was nearing completion. The other project interesting to Croatia is the project for the environmental protection and the resumption of traffic along the Danube river. The SECI committee announced that Germany would be involved in the implementation of this project, and the first working meeting of the interested Danube river countries was convened for early December in Vienna. (hina) jn mš 151850 MET oct 97