The Mayor of Rijeka, Vojko Obersnel, met on Friday with the President of the Italian Region of Abruzzo, Luciano D’Alfonso, who expressed interest in the renewal of Jadrolinija’s ferry line Split – Pescara during discussions about possible forms of cooperation, as announced by the Rijeka city administration.
D’Alfonso also expressed interest in purchasing an older Jadrolinija ship that could be repurposed into an exhibition space for Croatian indigenous products in Pescara.
Obersnel and D’Alfonso also discussed the ecological protection of the Adriatic Sea and the establishment of cooperation between the University of Rijeka and the University of the Abruzzo Region.
The President of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Assembly, Erik Fabijanić, also met today with the President of the Italian Region of Abruzzo, Luciano D’Alfonso, with the main topic of the meeting being possible cooperation in the context of the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region.
Abruzzo also visited the Rijeka County Chamber of Commerce, where its president, Vidoje Vujić, presented the economic opportunities of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, and they discussed cooperation in the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region and the possibilities of connecting entrepreneurs from the two regions, according to the statement.
