CROATIAN PRIME MINISTER ON RELATIONS WITH SLOVENIA

ZAGREB, July 17 (Hina) - At a session of the Croatian parliament's foreign policy committee, to be held behind closed doors on Wednesday, Prime Minister Ivica Racan will ask the MPs to support the announced signing of an agreement on the Krsko nuclear power plant and an agreement on the border with Slovenia. Competent ministries adjusted the agreement on the Krsko nuclear power plant, while "two minor technical issues still need to be adjusted" in the border agreement Racan told the Croatian Radio on Tuesday. Racan elaborated the technical issues did not relate to the border line, but to the regime in certain areas along the border. The Slovene Radio on Tuesday reported that "technical problems" did not refer to the demarcation of the border but to the agreed "soft regime" in border sectors in Istria and the Mirna River. The Croatian Prime Minister and Slovene counterpart Janez Drnovsek expect the two government to initial the agreement on the same day. According to some announcements, it could take place sometimes this week. The Slovene Radio said both agreements had real chances to be confirmed at the government's level, however, their confirmation in the parliaments, particularly in the Croatian was questionable. (hina) it sb