PULA, Sept 10 (Hina) - The Istria County prefect and the president of the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS), Ivan Jakovcic, said on Tuesday evening that he expected more from the agreement between Croatian and Slovene premiers Ivica
Racan and Janez Drnovsek about a temporary maritime regime.
PULA, Sept 10 (Hina) - The Istria County prefect and the president
of the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS), Ivan Jakovcic, said on
Tuesday evening that he expected more from the agreement between
Croatian and Slovene premiers Ivica Racan and Janez Drnovsek about
a temporary maritime regime. #L#
"My first impression is that the agreement contains elements that
could deteriorate the current situation but there are some
elements, if they are agreed to reasonably, that could definitely
resolve relations between Croatian and Slovene fishermen,"
Jakovcic said, commenting on today's meeting between the two
premiers.
County Prefect Jakovcic said that he would try to work on the
positive elements of the latest agreement and called on Croatian
fishermen to be patient and do the same which could then lead to a
solution.
"Our aim is to completely the same, namely to protect the interest
of fishermen and the sea and maintain good neighbourly relations,"
Jakovcic said.
The president of the association of fishermen from Buje region,
Daniel Kolec, commented on the Croatian-Slovene joint supervision
of Piran Bay and stressed that it was necessary first to see what
area this referred to. According to Kolec, if this referred to
territorial waters below 275 degrees - i.e. the line controlled by
Slovene police, Croatian fishermen would not put up with Slovene
police supervising them.
Commenting on Tuesday's agreement on regulating free fishing for
fishermen issued with licences in accordance to the Agreement on
Cross-Border Traffic and Co-operation, Kolec said that not one
Croatian fisherman would apply for such a licence because the
section of the agreement that regulates fishing for Croatian and
Slovene fishermen needed to be changed drastically on the basis of
reciprocity. He claimed that Slovene fishermen in a joint statement
issued on Saturday stressed that in practise and reality
reciprocity in fact did not exist.
Kolec confirmed that they would once again meet with Slovene
fishermen on Sunday as agreed.
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