"That is absolutely untrue and Letica's claim is unfounded," said government spokesman Ratko Macek.
Speaking to the press, Letica said the "initialling of that agreement" was the reason why the government turned down his motion to have high treason in the Penal Code expanded to include also those who, by signing an agreement, cede Croatian territory to another state.
Citing examples of high treason, Letica mentioned the Drnovsek-Racan agreement on Savudrija Bay, the 1999 Tudjman-Izetbegovic agreement on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the agreement on Prevlaka peninsula which former Croatian foreign minister Tonino Picula signed with his then Serbia and Montenegro counterpart Goran Svilanovic.
Dismissing Letica's claims, Macek recalled that last year, due to new facts, the government withdrew from parliamentary procedure a motion to ratify the border demarcation agreement, after which Croatian and Bosnian border commissions were entrusted with verifying those facts.
Macek said the first round was completed and that a final agreement would follow. He also recalled that the border agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina was signed in 1999 by the then presidents Franjo Tudjman of Croatia and Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia.