"If we can't agree on the identification of a few kilometres, then let's identify this border, because it has been established. The Badinter commission established that the borders of the former (Yugoslav) republics would become the borders of the new states. If we can't identify the borders alone, then let's have the International Court of Justice in The Hague do it and then rule," Mesic told the press.
"We will accept the court's ruling," he said.
Jansa said yesterday that even in case of international arbitration, Slovenia could not receive less than what had been established in existing agreements, referring to a border deal initialled in 2001 by the then premiers Ivica Racan of Croatia and Janez Drnovsek of Slovenia which was not ratified.
Commenting on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's statement that there would be no further EU enlargement without the prior adoption of a European constitution, Mesic said a Zagreb summit had concluded that new members would be admitted individually, upon meeting the membership criteria, and that he expected Croatia to meet the conditions and then be admitted to the Union.
Asked to comment on the sale of Luka Rajic's dairy company Dukat, Mesic said Rajic had made a good deal and that he would reinvest the money from the sale in Croatia. He assessed as positive the arrival of France's Lactalis on the Croatian market.