SLOVENE PREMIER COMMENTS ON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AGREEMENT

LJUBLJANA, June 11 (Hina) - Slovene Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek said on Monday the agreement on the Krsko nuclear power plant he and his Croatian counterpart Ivica Racan reached on Saturday was fair and added the criticism that he had given in too much to Croatia was an attempt of lobbies to prevent the resolution of that issue. "The agreement is very fair and it defines financial obligations which were not defined previously, enabling us to settle our mutual claims and obligations," Drnovsek told a news conference in Ljubljana today. Drnovsek said the agreement had to be reached and an end put to the situation which was provoked three years ago when Croatia's power supply from Krsko was cut off, which Slovenia believed would strengthen its negotiating position. He added that there had been lobbies on both sides which wanted to prevent the two countries from reaching an agreement. "The criticism that we have given in too much to Croatia represents, to say the least, a type of behaviour that is unacceptable in the modern democratic world," Drnovsek said, adding Croatia would start receiving power supply from Krsko as of July 1 next year. (hina) sb rml