BRDO PRI KRANJU, Jan30(Hina) - The prime ministers of Croatia and Slovenia met in Slovenia's Brdo pri Kranju on Friday afternoon after a meeting of the Quadrilateral Initiative.
BRDO PRI KRANJU, Jan30(Hina) - The prime ministers of Croatia and
Slovenia met in Slovenia's Brdo pri Kranju on Friday afternoon after a
meeting of the Quadrilateral Initiative.#L#
Croatia's Ivo Sanader told reporters he and his Slovene counterpart
Anton Rop had talked about open issues -- border demarcation in
Savudrija Bay, the ecological and fishing zone in the Adriatic, the
debt Ljubljanska Banka owes Croatian depositors, the barracks on St.
Gera border area hill, and the Krsko nuclear power plant at Krsko.
"Much more connects us and will connect us in the future in united
Europe even though we are aware of the open issues," said Sanader,
adding that Croatia and Slovenia were two neighbouring and friendly
countries.
Speaking of the ecological and fishing zone, he said, "Croatia has
detected interest for joint cooperation in the Adriatic in Italy and
Slovenia. We are interested in arriving at a joint solution". He
announced a meeting between the three countries' experts and deputy
foreign ministers to find a solution.
Slovenia's Rop confirmed he and Sanader had agreed experts would also
meet to address the Ljubljanska Banka issue, and called on the
Croatian government to ratify the agreement on succession of Socialist
Yugoslavia as soon as possible.
Rop stressed Croatia and Slovenia enjoyed very developed economic
cooperation and shared many views on European integration processes
and the situation in the region.
Rop invited Sanader to come to Ljubljana tomorrow to watch the
European Handball Championships semifinal between Croatia and
Slovenia.
Sanader said he would attend if his schedule allowed given that a
meeting of the national committee of his Croatian Democratic Union
party had already been convened for tomorrow.
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