Speaking in Parliament this morning, Pancic said that last October the Ministry of Agriculture defined the boundaries of the hunting grounds in such a way that it supported Belgrade's position that the border between Croatia and Serbia was not that of the former socialist republics but that it ran along the middle of the Danube.
"Are you aware that that decision is unconstitutional, because the boundary of the hunting grounds does not follow the Croatian state border?" Pancic asked Sanader and Cobankovic during Question Time, noting that Croatia had thus ceded 11 hectares of its territory to Serbia.
The prime minister and the minister said they were not aware of the decision, announcing that they would investigate the matter and, if the allegations proved true, adjust the decision to Croatia's firm commitment that the borders between Croatia and Serbia coincided with those of the former socialist republics as determined by the Badinter Commission.
Cobankovic pointed out that the boundaries of hunting grounds could in no way prejudge the outcome of solutions to the state border.