The Slovene government called on Croatia to "act in line with European standards, use dialogue and implement agreements regarding the border between the two countries".
Slovene Foreign Minister Ivo Vajgl told reporters that over the past several months Croatia was not taking into account legal commitments on avoiding incidents which, he said, did not contribute to Croatia's faster drawing closer to the EU. He said that the conduct of the Croatian police was brutal and not in the spirit of good-neighbourly and European relations.
Slovenia has notified the European Commission and the Council of the European Union about the latest incidents, the government said in one of the conclusions adopted on the matter.
Vajgl said that the incident took place in Piran municipality and added that until the two countries reached a border agreement, Slovenia considered that territory its own.
Vajgl told reporters that the initialled Racan-Drnovsek agreement, under which Croatia would get the disputed territory, was a good foundation for reaching a border agreement and added that Slovenia did not advocate arbitration at this moment.
"Slovenia will not unconditionally support Croatia's admission into the EU," Vajgl told the news conference and added that the Croatian-Slovene border issue was not an issue concerning only the two countries but also a European issue.