SLOVENIA WANTS TO INVEST IN COMPANIES IN LIBERATED AREAS

KNIN, Nov 8 (Hina) - Slovene business people are interested in investing into companies in the Croatian southern town of Knin which was liberated from the four-year Serb occupation in the summer of 1995. The General Consul of the Republic of Slovenia in Split, Joze Hlep, held talks in Knin on Friday with the Croatian government commissioner for the town, Zvonimir Puljic, about the possibilities of economic cooperation. Hlep said that he would soon organize talks between Slovene business people and directors of companies in Knin, so that agreements on concrete forms of cooperation and investment could be reached. Hlep added that Slovenia was interested in cooperation in wood and metal industries. (hina) lm jn 081520 MET nov 96