The Romanian and Hungarian authorities will grant a higher support for the development of the bilateral economic relations, Premier Victor Ciorbea and Gyula Horn declared at the Romanian-Hungarian Businessmen Forum. The two dignitaries acknowledged that there is an important potential still unused in the Romanian-Hungarian economic relations. The two parts discussed about the project of the Bucharest-Budapest highway, about the bilateral transport agreements, about the Romanian industrial branches favourable for investments, as well as the commercial exchanges between the Romanian and Magyar economic agents. According to some recent analysis, the potential used by both countries in the investing field, as well as in the domain of commercial exchanges is only 10%. The Romanian Prime Minister and his Hungarian homologue Gyula Horn decided to found a joint bank, the Hungarian Government choosing the Hungarian Bank for Development as a partner. Horn mentioned that there will be improved the "Corvinus" Investment Fund for the support of the small and medium enterprises. Ciorbea added that the Corvinus Fund will also support the investments for the zones outside Transylvania. Ciorbea announced the foundation of a joint brokerage agency and the analysis of using the Danube - Black Sea - Main - Rhine channel for the transportation of natural gas and oil from the Caspian Sea to Central Europe. He also said that the transport ministers of the two countries will finalise a protocol regarding the Romanian-Hungarian co-operation for the application of the Helsinki decisions referring to the 4th European corridor. Horn said that the documents resuming the Romanian-Hungarian governmental co-operation will be signed within two weeks. The Hungarian premier made Monday and Tuesday an official visit in Romania, where he also had meetings with the Romanian President Emil Constantinescu