The fact that the meeting was attended by senior government officials shows that there is the will on both sides to resolve the problems.
Croatia was represented by the host, President Stjepan Mesic, Deputy Prime Minister Damir Polancec, Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Justice Minister Ana Lovrin, Agriculture Minister Petar Cobankovic, and Transport and Communications Minister Bozidar Kalmeta.
Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented by Presidency Chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic, Presidency members Haris Silajdzic and Zeljko Komsic, Civil Affairs Minister Srdoje Noric, Interior Minister Sven Alkalaj, Justice Minister Barisa Colak, and Transport and Communications Minister Bozo Ljubic.
"The issues that remain inconclusive are those relating to the border, property and the construction of a bridge towards the Peljesac peninsula," Radmanovic said.
Radmanovic said that the attitude towards the border issue "is changing, in our opinion, to the detriment of Bosnia and Herzegovina." He added that Croatia had new documents regarding the disputed islands of Veliki Skolj and Mali Skolj, which Bosnia and Herzegovina regards as its own territory.
He said that his country "doesn't want to make any problems about it" and that it "wants to reach the best and right solution through dialogue."
Radmanovic stressed that the outstanding issues should be resolved without pressure and in mutual interest.
On the subject of the construction of a Peljesac bridge, Radmanovic said that "there is no political consensus in Bosnia and Herzegovina for something like that," noting that such issues should not put a strain on relations between the two countries.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's property in Croatia, including holiday accommodation complexes and villas, is slightly larger than Croatia's property in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mesic confirmed that "none of the open issues has been closed" and that both governments were urged to put the issues back on the agenda and speed up their resolution. He said that bilateral relations were seeing "an unsatisfactory stagnation."
Although Radmanovic said in a newspaper interview on Thursday that the most demanding issue would be defining the ownership of the southern Croatian Adriatic port of Ploce, because "mostly Bosnian company invested in the construction and development of that port," no statement was made regarding this problem.
The meeting also discussed relations in the region, with Mesic citing the need for the return of refugees and displaced persons. He said that Croatia cared about the Croatian population in Bosnia and Herzegovina because "we rely on one another and can't do without one another."
Mesic also pointed out that Croatia would help Bosnia and Herzegovina in Euro-Atlantic integration processes.
Radmanovic recalled that Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia had signed about 100 agreements regulating their relations and that trade between the two countries was two billion US dollars. He said that the two sides were willing to launch joint ventures in third markets.
The conclusions of the 11th session of the Intergovernmental Council were included in a joint statement adopted at the end of the meeting.