SLOVENE NATIONAL PARTY ASKS FOR CONFERENCE ON DIVISION OF ADRIATIC

LJUBLJANA, August 12 (Hina) - President of the Slovene National Party (SNS) and a presidential candidate in Slovenia, Zmago Jelincic on Monday asked his government to organise an international conference on the division of the Adriatic Sea, which would involve Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and Yugoslavia. #L# "It is difficult to understand our politicians who take summer vacations in Croatia while some Croatian MP's are at the same time demanding their Sabor to deploy war ships to the Piran Bay, Jelincic said at a press conference. He claimed that Slovenia's politics towards Croatia was compliant and that Foreign Minister Rupel was not using the "massive documentation" referring to Slovenia's right to the Piran Bay. Jelincic said that a conference on the division of the former Yugoslav Adriatic is necessary so that countries that emerged with the disintegration of Yugoslavia would not be damaged with reference to the sea where the largest losers were Slovenia, BiH and Yugoslavia. Croatia is moving the demarcation line in the Piran Bay at the detriment of Slovenia even though it was never sovereign on its own on the sea, Jelincic said. Last week Istrian county police reported that Slovene fishermen had trespassed into Croatian territorial waters in Piran Bay on three occasions. Slovene police claimed there were no incursions. (hina) sp lml