CROATIAN AND SLOVENE PREMIERS TALK ON PHONE - SLOVENE SOURCES

LJUBLJANA, Aug 14 (Hina) - Croatian and Slovenian Prime Ministers Ivica Racan and Janez Drnovsek on Wednesday spoke for a whole hour over the phone about inter-state relations and especially about the fishing problem in Piran Bay, sources close to the Slovenian premier reported on Slovenian Radio. #L# Both premiers, the same sources reported, estimated that the recent incidents in the Piran Bay were not useful to either side. They agreed that a commission, in charge of the implementation a temporary border agreement chaired by Olga Kresovic Rogulja and Benjamin Lukman who discussed the fishing in border regions on Wednesday, was the right place to resolve these issues. According to unofficial sources quoted by Slovenian media following the closed meeting between Lukman and Kresovic in Mokrice palace, ideas were put forward to prohibit fishing in the contentious section of the bay in an effort to avoid the escalation of further incidents. Reservations were expressed in response to this idea particularly by the Slovenian side. A joint statement is expected Wednesday evening from the closed meeting in Mokrice while Premiers Racan and Drnovsek agreed that they would maintain contact in attempt to keep the current positive level of relations between the two countries. (hina) sp ms