PULA, Jan 4 (Hina) - The Italian minority's representative in Croatia's parliament, Furio Radin, said on Saturday the issue of property belonging to ethnic Italians who left the Dalmatia and Istria regions in the wake of WWII, known
as esuli, could be considered and resolved by a Croatian-Italian commission.
PULA, Jan 4 (Hina) - The Italian minority's representative in
Croatia's parliament, Furio Radin, said on Saturday the issue of
property belonging to ethnic Italians who left the Dalmatia and
Istria regions in the wake of WWII, known as esuli, could be
considered and resolved by a Croatian-Italian commission. #L#
Radin made the comment in connection with reports that some 40 Esuli
had sued Croatia and Slovenia with the European Court of Human
Rights in Strasbourg, demanding the restitution of property seized
by the former Yugoslav federation.
Radin said the matter could be resolved by none other than the mixed
commission which recently held its first meeting in Italy. The
second one has been announced for Croatia in the near future.
"Everyone is entitled to defend their rights in courts, including
the one in Strasbourg. I personally think the matter may be
discussed alongside other unresolved denationalisation issues...
and the US$35 million Croatia owes Italy in esuli property," said
Radin.
Commenting on the lawsuit, Tulio Persi, president of the Pula
Italian Community's Assembly and one of the leaders of the Free
Association of Italians of the Adriatic, said that people, if they
cannot be given back the property they left in Istria, Rijeka, and
Dalmatia fleeing from communist totalitarianism, should receive
some form of appropriate compensation.
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