LJUBLJANA, Sept 6 (Hina) - A professor of international law at Ljubljana's Law School and former diplomat has dismissed reports by the Zagreb-based "Globus" weekly about an alleged deal under which Slovenia was to return Croatian
clients' deposits in Ljubljanska Bank as part of an agreement on the Croatian-Slovene border initialled by the countries' premiers Janez Drnovsek and Ivica Racan in 2001.
LJUBLJANA, Sept 6 (Hina) - A professor of international law at
Ljubljana's Law School and former diplomat has dismissed reports by
the Zagreb-based "Globus" weekly about an alleged deal under which
Slovenia was to return Croatian clients' deposits in Ljubljanska
Bank as part of an agreement on the Croatian-Slovene border
initialled by the countries' premiers Janez Drnovsek and Ivica
Racan in 2001. #L#
"There was no such agreement," Miha Pogacnik said in an interview
with Slovene television on Friday, adding that the two issues were
dealt with by two separate groups of experts and that he headed a
special joint commission on the border issue.
Croatia and Slovenia have completely opposed views about the
importance of the controversial "initialled agreement". Croatian
officials claim that the agreement has not gone into force and has
no legal effect, while Slovenia considers it "a politically
important act".
Globus weekly quoted Croatian sources as saying that Drnovsek had
told Racan that he would easier "push through" an agreement on the
return of deposits of Ljubljanska Bank clients in Croatia if
Slovenia was granted access to international waters.
(hina) rml