"Under that agreement the hamlets south of the Dragonja river would indeed belong to Croatia, but that would be a counterbalance to Slovenia's access to the open sea and the border in the Bay of Piran, because most of the bay and the adequate part of the territorial sea would belong to us," Drnovsek said in an interview with the Maribor-based daily Vecer published on Friday.
Drnovsek also commented on a statement by Croatian President Stjepan Mesic that the land border between the two countries was defined and that the sea border was yet to be defined.
"That allegation is just wishful thinking because it has no basis in any legal document or agreement. The last seven kilometres of the land border were questionable throughout the duration of the border negotiations, ever since Slovenia gained independence," Drnovsek said.
"If Croatia wants the land border as envisaged by the initialled agreement, then it must fully approve it rather than just take out a part that suits it," Drnovsek said in the interview that mainly focused on the political situation in Slovenia ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections.
The Slovene president also said that Croatia had unilaterally built the border crossing at Plovanija in 1995.