"If cadastral borders were regarded as state borders, I would be very happy because that would mean that the hamlets of Mlini, Buzini and Skudelin (south of the Dragonja river in Istria) are on the Slovene side. In that case the situation there would be much more peaceful," Rupel said at a press conference in Ljubljana on Tuesday when asked by a reporter to comment on the statement by the Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration.
Rupel said that the joint statement agreed by Prime Minister Janez Jansa of Slovenia and Ivo Sanader of Croatia at a meeting by the Mura river on Saturday showed the need to maintain the state of affairs along the border that had existed on June 25, 1991 when the two countries declared independence from the Yugoslav federation.
"If you read that statement, you will see that a cadastral border is not a state border," Rupel said.