"We talked about the protection of the population, without prejudging the identification of the exact borderline," Sanader told the press.
He said the population on both sides of the border must not be a victim to the nonexistence of a Croatian-Slovene border agreement.
Sanader added that land books were adjusted in great part and that he and Jansa agreed the two countries should build the dyke together "to show European conduct also in this way".
Responding to criticisms that finding a solution to this issue had been delayed for the past 15 years, Sanader said "it is never too late for a good solution".
Slovene PM Jansa said that under today's agreement, both sides would participate in financing the construction of the dyke. "We build and finance together," he said, adding construction works would continue on Monday.
Regarding borders, the two prime ministers said this issue should be settled.
The press asked Sanader to comment on Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel's recent statement that by building part of the dyke on the Mura, Croatia was breaching the conclusions of the Badinter commission. Sanader said that according to the commission, the borders of the former Yugoslav republics became the borders of the new states created after the socialist federation's disintegration, and "these borders still have to be identified".
Croatia's Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic said she briefly spoke with Rupel about his statement. "There is nothing contentious for us regarding the Badinter commission's conclusions," she said.
"The borderline has to be defined on the ground but it is indisputable that the former republics' borders are the current state borders," she said, adding that Croatia built the dyke on its state territory where borders of cadastral municipalities overlap.
Croatia's Environment, Construction and Zoning Minister Marina Matulovic-Dropulic said Croatia should build another 2,400 metres of the dyke near the village of Hotize and that Slovenia should build 3 km of the dyke near Petisovac. She reiterated Grabar-Kitarovic's claim that "we are building on what in land books is on the Croatian side".
The foreign minister underlined that talks about the dyke on the Mura had been under way for some time and that the Croatian side's motivation was solely protection of the population and property from floods.