SLOVENIA CONFIRMS RECEPTION OF CROATIA'S PROTEST NOTE

SLOVENIA, Aug 7 (Hina) - The Slovene Foreign Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that it had received Croatia's protest note regarding an incident in Piran Bay when Slovene fishing boats entered Croatian waters without permission. Slovene maritime police also intervened in Croatia's waters. #L# The Slovene fishermen involved in the incident, as well as Slovene police representatives have said that three Slovene boats were located three nautical miles in the area under Slovenia's control, near Italian waters and not in Piran Bay. Members of the Umag maritime police noticed about 8:40 a.m. Monday morning that four Slovene fishing boats had crossed the demarcation line and entered Croatian territorial waters. Croatian maritime police arrived on the scene and ordered the fishing boats to leave Croatian territorial waters. (hina) lml