The Croatian minister of the sea, tourism, transport and development, the Italian and Slovene transport ministers, and the Hungarian deputy state secretary for transport signed a declaration on Corridor V at a meeting of the Quadrilateral Group in Trieste on Friday.
The declaration binds the signatories to adjust programs for the building of the transport infrastructure. By signing the document, the four countries also showed that they advocate re-directing traffic from roads to environmentally acceptable ways of transport, such as maritime, railway and combined transport, the Croatian Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development said in a statement.
Croatian Minister Božidar Kalmeta presented Croatia's activities in building and modernizing the transport infrastructure on pan-European transport Corridor V b (Rijeka-Zagreb-Budapest) and Corridor V c (Ploče-Sarajevo-Osijek-Budapest).
He said Croatia would complete 55 kilometers of the Zagreb-Rijeka dual carriageway and 55 kilometers of the Osijek-Sredanci dual carriageway by 2008.
During the conference, Kalmeta held talks with Italian Transport Minister Pietro Lunardi about the introduction of a railway line between Zagreb and Padua for the transport of trucks (RO-LA train).
Croatia will take over the presidency of the Quadrilateral Group from Italy in the second quarter of 2006.(Hina)