LJUBLJANA, Aug 18 (Hina) - Slovene opposition leader Janez Jansa said on Monday the Anton Rop cabinet was at a loss as to how to resolve open issues with Croatia and was, as a result, "running on the defensive", claiming that
relations with Croatia could not be solved due to the pre-election time.
LJUBLJANA, Aug 18 (Hina) - Slovene opposition leader Janez Jansa
said on Monday the Anton Rop cabinet was at a loss as to how to
resolve open issues with Croatia and was, as a result, "running on
the defensive", claiming that relations with Croatia could not be
solved due to the pre-election time. #L#
Jansa told reporters Rop had ridiculed his idea to attempt to settle
the issue of Croatian citizens' deposits in Ljubljanska Bank, and
said Croatia's announcement of the establishment of an economic
zone in the Adriatic Sea was the consequence of inactivity on the
Slovene government's part.
Jansa said the announcement was a tactical issue for Croatia
because such an economic zone would not be detrimental to Slovenia
as a country soon to join the European Union.
He also slammed Rop's tactics regarding the jointly owned nuclear
power plant Krsko, saying it was the one to blame for the current
situation in which it might be liable to pay damages to Croatia's
power supply company HEP for failing to deliver electricity.
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