Shipyards: Croatia offers cooperation to Israel

Zagreb - Croatia has offered possible cooperation in shipbuilding to Israel, Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenkovic has said following a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, according to a Croatian government statement.

Crotia and Israeli are determined to step up their economic cooperation, particularly in agriculture, as well as Mediterranean cooperation, Plenkovic was quoted as saying in the statement issued after he met with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday: “We offered a possible cooperation in shipbuilding and, of course, in the field of political multilateral forums and defence,” Plenkovic said. Netanyahu is expected to visit Croatia later this year to continue talks. Plenkovic also spoke with his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras with whom he agreed to work on stepping up economic exchange between their countries: “Croatia and Greece should jointly strengthen their cooperation in the Adriatic-Ionian basin, using the EU strategy - the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative, and increase the economic, energy and transport corridors in this part of Europe,” Plenkovic noted.

The Croatian prime minister is due to meet with representatives of several multinational companies whilst in Davos including Google and Booking.com, as well as Turkey’s Dogus Group.

(Source: SeeNews)