ZAGREB, March 14 (Hina) - The Croatian government's position is that the agreement on the Krsko nuclear power plant, co-owned with Slovenia, went into force on March 11, Economy Minister Ljubo Jurcic said on Friday in parliament,
which in the afternoon will vote on a motion by the Social Liberals (HSLS) to annul the deal.
ZAGREB, March 14 (Hina) - The Croatian government's position is
that the agreement on the Krsko nuclear power plant, co-owned with
Slovenia, went into force on March 11, Economy Minister Ljubo
Jurcic said on Friday in parliament, which in the afternoon will
vote on a motion by the Social Liberals (HSLS) to annul the deal.
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Jurcic said the agreement put the government in a much better
position as to the exercising of rights stemming from its
investments in Krsko, including the settlement of potentially
contentious issues that might result from investing in, the use and
dismantling of the plant.
If disagreements are resolved through arbitration, Croatia is
better off with than without the deal, said the minister.
The Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) is against the HSLS motion but has
proposed that parliament say no to any obligations concerning the
implementation of the agreement that would refer to deadlines for
the storage of radioactive waste.
The HSS urges parliament to bind the government to request from
Slovenia an integral and consistent implementation of the
agreement and the payment within 60 days of damages which have
resulted from the non-implementation of the 30 June 2002 Krsko
deal.
In the contrary, the HSS urges launching arbitration or some other
procedure to protect Croatian interests.
HSLS leader Drazen Budisa stuck by his earlier assessment that the
Krsko agreement is detrimental for Croatia.
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