BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4861

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4861 BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4861HINA Zagreb 11 January 2003CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMENTS ON LJUBLJANSKA BANK ISSUEZAGREB, Jan 11 (Hina) - Slovenia's alleged discovery of a Croatian law on the take-over of ex-Yugoslavia's finance-related legislation is a new form of manipulation Slovenia is using to avoid taking a positive stand concerning Ljubljanska Bank's obligations to its clients, Croatia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. "The mentioned law cannot be referred to in order to back claims by senior Slovene representatives that Slovenia never had obligations towards the Croatian clients of Ljubljanska Bank's one-time Zagreb branch," read the statement. It added: "Shortly before gaining independence, Slovenia revoked the Zagreb branch's legal person status, merging it with the central bank in Ljubljana." Therefore, the law in question cannot refer to that branch, said the statement. The Ministry r