The daily said that Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and the Chairman of the Bosnian Council of Ministers, Adnan Terzic, had secretly met in Zagreb on Monday for informal talks on the outstanding issues encumbering relations between the two countries, particularly problems relating to the port of Ploce and Bosnian property in the southern coastal resort town of Cavtat.
The paper said that the new agreement would be based on economic rather than political foundations as had been the case to date. It quoted sources close to the Croatian government as saying that under the proposed agreement Bosnia-Herzegovina would retain special status in the port of Ploce and that representatives of both countries would have an equal say in making crucial decisions for the functioning of the port.
At the same time, Bosnia-Herzegovina's ownership in the port would remain unquestionable. A final decision on the new Croatian proposal would be rendered by the Bosnian Presidency, Oslobodjenje said.
The newspaper further said that Sanader and Terzic had agreed on signing a bilateral agreement on property-related issues and resolving a dispute over the use of Lake Busko and a hydroelectric power plant on the Trebisnjica river.
Oslobodjenje devoted a great deal of attention to a dispute over the status of a former children's hospital in Cavtat, a portion of which was recently auctioned off pursuant to a decision by the Commercial Court in Dubrovnik.
Noting that the Croatian government had decided to respond to the complaints from Bosnia-Herzegovina, the paper said that an instruction had been given to put on hold the sale of the property in Cavtat claimed by the Sarajevo University Clinical Centre, and that this ban would remain in effect until the Bosnian complaints were investigated.