Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković stated that an investor from the Middle East is seeking 10,000 hectares of land in Slavonia and that it needs to be determined whether at least 5,000 hectares of agricultural land in Vukovar-Srijem County can be secured for this investor’s needs.
– This is an investor from the Middle East. Today I took the opportunity to put this proposal on the table and see if we can arrange a model that would allow us to unify agricultural land. It could be 5,000, not 10,000 hectares. Perhaps the EU could help us through clusters, and the Government with subsidies so that when the investor arrives, we can say – here we are ready, said Orešković after a meeting with entrepreneurs and representatives of local self-government and administration from Vukovar-Srijem County.
The Prime Minister noted that there are 800,000 hectares of agricultural land in Croatia that are not being used at all and that models need to be found to put this land into use.
– We also discussed assistance to the economy. We mentioned a fund of 500 million euros, which would help investors access credit funds and initial capital, said Orešković.
