SLOVENIA, BOSNIA SHARE VIEWS ON OIL TRANSIT

SARAJEVO, Jan 30 (Hina) - Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina expect a dispute on the transit of oil through Croatia to be solved in line with international standards and regulations of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Slovene and BH foreign ministers Dimitrij Rupel and Zlatko Lugumdzija said in Sarajevo Wednesday. During Rupel's official visit to Sarajevo, the issue of oil transit through Croatia was on the two ministers' agenda but not the focus of their talks. "The oil problem is completely unnecessary", Rupel said at a press conference. He said Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia had joint interest in respecting international rules, thus implementing the principle of non-discriminatory transit of goods which refers to goods transported to Bosnia from Slovenia. Rupel said Slovenia already insisted on a discussion on the issue before competent international institutions, including the WTO. Lugumdzija said relevant governmental departments also held talks today on solving the "oil dispute". He added he expected the issue to be solved soon, and confirmed the Council of Ministers of Bosnia- Herzegovina would discuss the oil transit issue tomorrow. (hina) np sb