CROATIAN, BOSNIAN RAILWAYS, PLOCE PORT SIGN AGREEMENT ON COOPERATI

COOPERATI $ ON ZAGREB, 4 Sept (Hina) - The Croatian Railways, the Railways of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Ploce Port on Wednesday signed an agreement on business and technological cooperation. The agreement was signed by the general directors Marijan Klaric, Nedzad Brankovic and Ivan Pavlovic. The signing of the agreement was attended by the Bosnian Ambassador to Croatia, Kasim Trnka, who stressed the importance of today's event for the economy of the two countries, the economies of which 'are complementary and not competing with each other'. At a meeting which preceded the signing of the agreement, the directors of the Croatian Railways and the Railways of Bosnia- Herzegovina discussed the re-establishment of railway traffic on the Sarajevo-Ploce railway line. The railway line should be reopened on 1 January 1997. The three sides also signed several agreements on the use and repair of wagons and trains which are owned by the Bosnian Railways and were left in Croatia due to war and are being used by the Croatian Railways. (hina) rm jn 041547 MET sep 96