Moussa meets Croatian officials to improve trade

Egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa convened with Croatian assistant foreign minister Nilo Shakoha and with the trade minister in Croatia Niven Mimka who are currently visiting Cairo as they addressed to Moussa during the meeting an invitation to visit Croatia.

The Croatian assistant foreign minister said that he discussed the developments of some causes of joint concern referring that he asked Egypt's support in entering into the Mediterranean cooperation assemblies.

The Croatian deputy foreign minister said that his talks in Cairo focused on means of supporting the economic cooperation and trade between the two countries which reaches 40 million dollars. He said this trade figure is too weak and does not reflect the good relations between the two countries, adding that the discussions tackled establishing a free trade zone between the two countries in the framework of supporting joint trade, expressing his hope in increasing volume of the mutual visits and establishing joint projects.